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Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of listed church buildings of Vienna), Griechenkirche St. Georg, la chiesa di San Giorgio, la iglesia de Jorge de Capadocia, l’église de Georges de Lydda, the Church of Saint George, Święty Jerzy (Griechengasse/Hafnersteig)
(further information and pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
St. George's Church (Vienna)
George's Church, seen from Hafnersteig
Board at the entrance to Griechengasse
The St. George's Church, also Greeks church of St. George, is an Orthodox church in the 1st district of Vienna Innere Stadt at Hafnersteig in the former "Greek quarter".
The Church congregation to St. George is the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Greek Oriental Church in Austria, while the Church to the Holy Trinity at Meat market (Fleischmarkt) the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria Exarch of Hungary and Central Europe is. So the George congregation at the World Council of the Churches in Austria takes part.
History
The congregation of St. George in 1709 in the house of Alexandros Mavrokordatos a small Greek chapel installed. 1723 the congregation with an imperial decree got the right to build a church, but it was not until 1802 that it was possible to purchase the inn "Kiss the small Penny" and in its place until 1806 to built a church. This work was carried out by the architect Franz Wipplinger. In contrast to the congregation of the Greek Church to the Holy Trinity, whose members were Greek orthodox subjects of the Habsburgs, the congregation of St. George's Church was composed of subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1898, donations enabled an extensive remodeling and the construction of a bell tower by the architect Ludwig Tischler. Among the donors were, among others, the Greek-Austrian entrepreneur Nikolaus Dumba (who also chairman of the congregation was) and Simon of Sina as well as Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Prominent members of the community were the deputy Theodor von Karajan and the Greek freedom fighter Rigas Velestinlis.
During World War II the elaborate lead glazing (windows facing toward Greeks alley) was destroyed and then partially recovered. Today the entrance at Hafnersteig serves a leased shop and access to the church is via the Griechengasse.
Architecture
The Facade is modeled after a Greek temple. The pediment depicts St. George slaying the dragon. At the left side of the building is a cylindrical bell tower attached, which ends with a copper-clad dome.
The interior of the church has a single nave and is entered through a small anteroom. Konstantinos Parthenis created around 1907 five large-scale paintings that the Saint Paul in Athens, St. Sergios, the Nativity, St . Nicholas and the Sts. Constantine and Helena show. The ceiling has the shape of a dome at the four corner pendentives of which the evangelists are depicted. Above the main entrance there ist the representation of the Virgin and Child, above the iconostasis Christ Pantocrator.
Wien, 1. Bezirk (the art of listed church buildings of Vienna), Griechenkirche St. Georg, la chiesa di San Giorgio, la iglesia de Jorge de Capadocia, l’église de Georges de Lydda, the Church of Saint George, Święty Jerzy (Griechengasse/Hafnersteig)
(further information and pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
St. George's Church (Vienna)
George's Church, seen from Hafnersteig
Board at the entrance to Griechengasse
The St. George's Church, also Greeks church of St. George, is an Orthodox church in the 1st district of Vienna Innere Stadt at Hafnersteig in the former "Greek quarter".
The Church congregation to St. George is the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Greek Oriental Church in Austria, while the Church to the Holy Trinity at Meat market (Fleischmarkt) the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Austria Exarch of Hungary and Central Europe is. So the George congregation at the World Council of the Churches in Austria takes part.
History
The congregation of St. George in 1709 in the house of Alexandros Mavrokordatos a small Greek chapel installed. 1723 the congregation with an imperial decree got the right to build a church, but it was not until 1802 that it was possible to purchase the inn "Kiss the small Penny" and in its place until 1806 to built a church. This work was carried out by the architect Franz Wipplinger. In contrast to the congregation of the Greek Church to the Holy Trinity, whose members were Greek orthodox subjects of the Habsburgs, the congregation of St. George's Church was composed of subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1898, donations enabled an extensive remodeling and the construction of a bell tower by the architect Ludwig Tischler. Among the donors were, among others, the Greek-Austrian entrepreneur Nikolaus Dumba (who also chairman of the congregation was) and Simon of Sina as well as Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. Prominent members of the community were the deputy Theodor von Karajan and the Greek freedom fighter Rigas Velestinlis.
During World War II the elaborate lead glazing (windows facing toward Greeks alley) was destroyed and then partially recovered. Today the entrance at Hafnersteig serves a leased shop and access to the church is via the Griechengasse.
Architecture
The Facade is modeled after a Greek temple. The pediment depicts St. George slaying the dragon. At the left side of the building is a cylindrical bell tower attached, which ends with a copper-clad dome.
The interior of the church has a single nave and is entered through a small anteroom. Konstantinos Parthenis created around 1907 five large-scale paintings that the Saint Paul in Athens, St. Sergios, the Nativity, St . Nicholas and the Sts. Constantine and Helena show. The ceiling has the shape of a dome at the four corner pendentives of which the evangelists are depicted. Above the main entrance there ist the representation of the Virgin and Child, above the iconostasis Christ Pantocrator.