The St. Nicolae Church in Roznov
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The church was built in the center of Roznov, right in the park area, between 1884 and 1892 by colonel Gheorghe Ruset Roznovanu.
The building has the shape of a cross with equal arms, being made with stone on the outside, which gives it an austere and massive note. The elevated roof is dominated by a bulbous spire, specific to Russian churches, and richly ornamented with three rows of stone brackets, whose dimensions decrease towards the base of the spire. The high foundation allowed the construction of a spacious basement that fulfills the function of a funeral crypt, housing the graves of the Roznovanu family, and the side apses, of semicircular shape, each have three windows with stone borders in relief and tympanums with trilobed braces.
The entrance to the church is done in a solemn way, the stone stairs being particularly elegant. From the front of the church you enter directly into the spacious nave. The pediment of the church is also unique, it was made in Moscow, from gilded bronze, between 1890-1892. The fresco painting of the interior was done between 1913-1915 by Costin Petrescu. The votive paintings of the founders, in which Colonel Roznovanu, his wife, Alexandrina Ruset Roznovanu, and their son are depicted, are particularly authentic.
Good to know: On an iconostasis to the right of the nave are two icons given to Roznovanu by Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovici and Tsar Nicholas II. Another icon, dressed in silver, was donated by Leon Urusov, ambassador of Russia in several European countries, and among the religious books in the church's heritage is a Gospel from 1644 written in Slavonic.
The building has the shape of a cross with equal arms, being made with stone on the outside, which gives it an austere and massive note. The elevated roof is dominated by a bulbous spire, specific to Russian churches, and richly ornamented with three rows of stone brackets, whose dimensions decrease towards the base of the spire. The high foundation allowed the construction of a spacious basement that fulfills the function of a funeral crypt, housing the graves of the Roznovanu family, and the side apses, of semicircular shape, each have three windows with stone borders in relief and tympanums with trilobed braces.
The entrance to the church is done in a solemn way, the stone stairs being particularly elegant. From the front of the church you enter directly into the spacious nave. The pediment of the church is also unique, it was made in Moscow, from gilded bronze, between 1890-1892. The fresco painting of the interior was done between 1913-1915 by Costin Petrescu. The votive paintings of the founders, in which Colonel Roznovanu, his wife, Alexandrina Ruset Roznovanu, and their son are depicted, are particularly authentic.
Good to know: On an iconostasis to the right of the nave are two icons given to Roznovanu by Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovici and Tsar Nicholas II. Another icon, dressed in silver, was donated by Leon Urusov, ambassador of Russia in several European countries, and among the religious books in the church's heritage is a Gospel from 1644 written in Slavonic.