Bishop Nicolae Ivan and the city of Turda
Nicolae Ivan was a key personality of the Romanian Orthodoxy of the 20th
century. The relevance of this figure in the history of the Romanian Orthodox
Church in Transylvania is shown by his important achievements visible on
multiple levels: spiritual, cultural, urban, school. Most of them are related
to the city of Cluj-Napoca, but Nicolae Ivan did not neglect the other cities
in his diocese, including Turda, who enjoyed his special attention. Turda was
part of the diocese that he was leading. In this regard it is noted his care
for the construction of the cathedral “Saints Michael and Gabriel the
Archangels’’, whose founder was the dean of Turda, Iovian Mureșan. During the
interwar, Bishop Nicolae Ivan visited Turda several times, overseeing the
progress of the construction of this cathedral.
RĂZVAN MIHAI NEAGU
|
|
