The Church from Bezded

Built in the second half of the 18th century, the church from Bezded is in the style of a 'house church'. While its layout resembles that of a house with a porch, it features significant differences, including the vaulted roof over the nave, the steeple and the polygonal altar.
The entrance is adorned with ancestral geometric and plant motifs carved in wood to symbolise divine protection. The twisted rope symbolises that everything is held together by divine meaning, while the wolf's tooth arranged in the shape of a grape has become a Christian Eucharistic symbol.
In the narthex, which was a space reserved for women, there are paintings of female figures from the parable of the twelve women in the Gospel of Matthew, and a unique painting titled 'The Soldier and Death' commemorating the forced conscription of young Romanians during the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The vaulted ceiling of the nave evokes the celestial vault and the painting, created in the second half of the 18^(th) century by a peasant artist, follows the Byzantine iconographic tradition with personal touches such as Jesus smiling in the crucifixion scene.
The wayside shrine in front of the church dates from 1754 and was moved with the church. It bears an inscription from 1925, which is a sign of a later restoration.
Look for the new videoclip about the symbolism of the wooden sculpture at Bezded Church in the video section!