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The Church between the Fir trees (), otherwise the Church of Saints Peter and Paul (''Biserica Sfinții Petru și Pavel''), is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 17 Reconstrucției Street,
Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...
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Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. The church is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Sibiu
The church was
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prior to 1948, when the nascent communist regime outlawed the church and confiscated its properties. Important 19th-century and 20th-century figures are buried in the church cemetery, including George Bariț, Alexandru Papiu Ilarian, Ioan Rațiu and
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of Hungary) with the Romanian Old K ...
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Religious buildings and structures in Sibiu Baroque church buildings in Romania Former Greek-Catholic churches in Romania Romanian Orthodox churches in Sibiu County Historic monuments in Sibiu County Churches completed in 1788 {{Romania-EO-church-stub