Orthodox Church of the Old Lipovan Community
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The "St. Paraschiva" church on Gloriei street was built in 1857, with the contribution of the ancient rite Russian-Lipovian community and with the support of the Ottoman Empire.
The church preserves in its archive the original act by which the high Ottoman authorities allowed the construction of this place, imposing exact dimensions (length 40, width 20 and height 28 cubits), in other words, not to be higher than the minaret of the mosque, but, at the same time, deciding the exclusive right of property and freedom of worship.
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and especially the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in Russia definitively interrupted the possibility of priests coming from Russia. This is probably the reason why some churches did not have an altar. Also from this period, the parishioners of the ancient rite churches began to be known as "bezpopovţi" (without a priest). An eloquent fact is the case of the Russian priest Alexandru, who was buried in 1886 in the yard of the "Saint Parascovia" Church in Tulcea.
Currently, the church is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Metropolis of the Străvechi Rite.
The church preserves in its archive the original act by which the high Ottoman authorities allowed the construction of this place, imposing exact dimensions (length 40, width 20 and height 28 cubits), in other words, not to be higher than the minaret of the mosque, but, at the same time, deciding the exclusive right of property and freedom of worship.
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and especially the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in Russia definitively interrupted the possibility of priests coming from Russia. This is probably the reason why some churches did not have an altar. Also from this period, the parishioners of the ancient rite churches began to be known as "bezpopovţi" (without a priest). An eloquent fact is the case of the Russian priest Alexandru, who was buried in 1886 in the yard of the "Saint Parascovia" Church in Tulcea.
Currently, the church is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Metropolis of the Străvechi Rite.