Huși Cathedral
| Huși Cathedral | |
|---|---|
Catedrala Episcopală din Huși | |
 | |
Huși Cathedral | |
| 46°40′36″N 28°03′28″E / 46.6767°N 28.0578°E | |
| Location | Huși |
| Country | Romania |
| Denomination | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| History | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Founded | 1495 |
| Founder | Stephen the Great |
| Dedication | Saints Peter and Paul |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Huși |
The Huși Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Episcopală din Huși) is a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Huși, Vaslui County, Romania. The church was founded by Stephen the Great in 1495, before being rebuilt from the ground up by Bishop Inochentie of Huși between 1753-1756.
The cathedral, the bishop's palace, the princely houses' cellars, the bell tower and the surrounding wall were included in the list of historic monuments for Vaslui County in 2015, with the classification code VS-II-a-A-06839.[1]
Churchyard
Also in the churchyard is a wooden cross, which was carved by Archimandrite Mina Dobzeu, the Bessarabian monk who baptized Nicolae Steinhardt on March 15, 1960, in a communist prison.[2]
References
- ↑ "Lista monumentelor istorice 2015" (PDF). Patrimoniu.gov.ro (in Romanian). Institutul Național al Patrimoniului. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-09-19. Retrieved 2026-08-19.
- ↑ "Catedrala Episcopală din Huşi – 512 ani de la sfinţire". FLUX (in Romanian). 2007-11-23. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2026-08-20.
External links
- Catedrala Episcopala din Husi - Sfintii Apostoli Petru si Pavel, 2 July 2012, CrestinOrtodox.ro
- Amprente ale spiritualității noastre - Biserica episcopală din Huși Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, 3 March 2004, Revista Magazin
- Catedralele Ortodoxiei românești: Huși Archived 2013-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, 30 January 2013, Adrian Nicolae Petcu, Ziarul Lumina