Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Arhitectura ecleziastică din Satu Mare (Satu Mare, 2008)
Petreşti - Mezőpetri
wooden building. The project was made by Eggenberger Fridrik, a master from Satu Mare. The community made the building work, but it lasted quite long. The wooden church demolished at the first consecration of the church, in 1832. Four years later, the church was consecrated again, on the 20th of November, when, according to the old calendar, the feast of Archangels St Michael and St Gabriel was celebrated. The tower was built two years later. The structure and the volumetric proportion of the church are specific to the baroque style of the 18th century, but the shape and the architectonic elements are specific to the classic style. A robust tower is added to the western faşade. The closing of the altar screen is semicircular, and two sidespaces - kliros - are enlarging the nave. The decorative elements are the same at the tower and at the nave: prominent cornice, pillars and ribbon-like window frames. The huge steeple of the tower is made in baroque style. The two side-chambers have an onion bulb shaped tower each, a common feature of the church-architecture in the area. The nave has a spherical vault. The furniture of the church dates from the 20th century, being made by “Rétay and Benedek” company. The iconostasis was made in 1907 while the altar in 1913 with historicist ornamentation and Byzantine paintings. The company made several similar furnitures in the area (e.g. Boghiş, Turulung, Tătăreşti). A specific element in the decoration is the position of the icon of the Holy Virgin, situated above the main door of the iconostasis, remembering to the iconostasis of Máriapócs (Hungary). The village is also known as the place where György Becsky (+1786) was born, the main character of the famous novel: “The journey of a village notary to Buda”, written by József Gvadányi (1725-1801). (TSz). Bibiografie - Irodalom - References Terdik Szilveszter - Pallai Béla, Szent Mihály és Gábor arkangyalok templom (Biserica Sfinţilor Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril, Peleş), Nagypeleske, 2006, Romániai magyar görög katolikus templomok 1. Petreşti. Biserica romano-catolică „Sf. Elisabeta” Biserica medievală a fost dedicată Sf Petru, după cum reiese dintr-un document din anul 1399, când satul este menţionat în forma „Mezcjszentpéten . Satul protestant a fost colonizat cu şvabi de către Alexandru Károlyi, în anul 1738. Zece ani mai târziu, Ferenc Károlyi a interzis folosirea bisericii de către protestanţi. Noua biserică, construită în 1786 a fost realizată după planul lui Joseph Bitthauser. Cutremurul din 1834 a afectat grav edificiul: turnul s-a prăbuşit peste navă, lăsând intact doar sanctuarul. In 1870, după un incendiu, biserica a fost din nou renovată. Decoraţiile exterioare sunt simple, singurul element proeminent fiind cornişa de jur împrejurul navei. Acoperişul este scund în comparaţie cu dimensiunile navei. Cornişe proeminente decorează coloanele în stil doric din turn. Ceasurile sunt aşezate deasupra ferestrelor. Coroana turnului este realizată în formă de bulb de ceapă, cu lanternă. Pictura altarului a fost concepută de Orlay Petrich Soma în 1876. (TSz). 90
