Abstract
This article presents an important document relating to the history of an Orthodox church in Sibiu (Biserica din Groapă), whose construction was possible due to the support provided by the family of the wealthy Macedonian-Romanian merchant Hagi Constantin Pop, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. After a thorough description of the document, we will provide both the German transcription and the English translation of the text. The notes and comments that accompany the document are meant to shed light upon the historical context in which the church was raised and to emphasize the importance of the document, which is the oldest one preserved in the archives of the Annunciation Church. The document mentions the gift of charity by the widow of Hagi Constantin Pop, whereby the land on which the church, its surrounding cemetery, the parish house, and the Romanian school were built would become the property of the Orthodox Church. Thus, the document presents the circumstances under which the patrimony of the foundation patronized by the members of Hagi Constantin Pop’s family was constituted. That foundation continued to administer the patrimony of the Annunciation Church until the establishment of the Communist regime in Romania.
Highlights
Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt) was founded in the twelfth century by colonists originating fromAlsace-Lorraine, Luxembourg, Flanders, and Germany
The church, the parish house, and the elementary school, together with the money fund, were included in the foundation established by Hagi Constantin Pop, as evidenced by the documents kept in the archive
At a later meeting (1900), the proposal to regulate the situation through the Organic Statute was eventually rejected, and it was decided that the church in the Iosefin district would continue to be patronized, according to the provisions of the founding document (Arhidieceza Greco-Orientală din Transilvania AGOT, pp. 84–85)
Summary
Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt) was founded in the twelfth century by colonists originating from. By removing the Germans’ exclusive right to residence, the Edict of Concivility of 22 March 1781 had a positive influence upon the lives of the Romanians living in Transylvania. The Annunciation Orthodox Church is generally called Biserica din Groapă (Church in the Hollow), given its placement on the stream of a little valley.. The Annunciation Orthodox Church is generally called Biserica din Groapă (Church in the Hollow), given its placement on the stream of a little valley.3 We shall include our comments on the document, which are meant both to frame the act in of the history of our Biserica din Groapă to highlight importance. We shall include comments on the and document, whichits are meant both to frame the act in the context of the history of Biserica din Groapă and to highlight its importance
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