Reformed Church Sighet

Official Website - Biserica Reformată, Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania

Sighetu –Marmatiei ( name of the town in Hungarian Maramarossziget) is located in Transylvania-Romania , 65 km N-E of Baia Mare (name in Hungarian Nagybanya, in German Neustadt) near the border with Ukraine , surrounded by the rivers Tisa and Iza.

The reformed church, in its actual form , was built in 1892 , but in its whole it includes the components of the century old church. The oldest component preserved to our days is the main tower stone block construction . The carved portal of the tower and the double window above it are preserved from the XIII th century to our days.

Máramarosszigeti Református Templom

In 1844 it was damaged by the earthquake .

In 1859 , the church, partially restored, is destroyed by a fire.

In 1862 starts the rebuilding of the church , The construction in the making, again interrupted by a fire , the half finished church , already covered , is again a victim.

Finally, in 1892 , the church is finished in its actual form.

In 1931 the spire will be again destroyed by a fire. But due to the community , the restoration works are finished in 1933.

The last works ,between 1991-1993, consisted of exterior plastering , respectively in 1999 , this was followed by the painting of the interior of the church.

The population of the town accepted ,quite early,the reforming current. As early as 1540 we find a protestant school . The list of the service periods of the pastors is immortalized on a memorial plaque.

The first known pastor –Mezo-Gyani Balazs, served between 1568-1595.