Affiliation Greek Catholic Completed 1860 Year consecrated 1860 | Architect(s) Ignác Feigler jr. Opened 1860 Ecclesiastical or organizational status Church | |
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Website English homepageGréckokatolícky farský úrad BratislavaUl. 29. augusta No. 7, 811 08, Bratislava Architectural type Neo-renaissance with neo-gothic features Similar Kalvínsky kostol, Evangelical Church - Dúbravka, Cathedral of the Nativity of, Church of the Holy Spirit - Bra, Church of the Virgin Mary - Vra | ||
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Slovak: Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného kríža) is a cathedral in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was built in the year 1860 at the edge of St. Andrew's cemetery (Ondrejský cintorín). Since 1972, the church belongs to Greek Catholic Church. It is the cathedral church of the Eparchy of Bratislava since 2008.
History
The founding stone was laid on May 13, 1859. The church was consecrated by Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal Johannes Scitovszky (Slovak: Ján Scitovský) on September 14, 1860.
Today, liturgy is both in Slovak language and Old Church Slavonic.
References
Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bratislava Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA