The Orthodox Church in Reghin, named “Holy Trinity”, was built between 1807-1811 by the family of Armenian merchants Ioan and Maria Marinovici, established there at the beginning of the 19th century. What is special about the construction of this church is the way in which it was built, through the material efforts of the Romanian community from Reghin, both Orthodox and Greek-Catholic.
In the cemetery of this church are currenly resting great personalities who once animated the life of the city. Here rests the founder of the first Romanian school in Reghin, Theodor Şerbanu, Baron Vasile Ladislau Pop, former vice-governor of Transylvania and president of the Supreme Court of Justice of this province, memorist Patriciu Barbu, many members of the Bardoşeşti family, once the founder of Reghin culture, doctor Eugen Nicoară , as well as 10 Greek-Catholic archdeacons and an Orthodox archdeacon. The founders of the church, Ion and Maria Marinovici, are also buried here. The family died out with the death of the last descendant, Rita Maria Marinovici-Chiricuţă, the ex-wife of the renowned doctor Ioan Chiricuţă, the one who built the Oncology Hospital in Cluj. The one who would later become the only cardinal of Romania, Alexandru Todea, also served here until 1948, when he was arrested.
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