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The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Bydgoszcz is located in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Freedom Square. Patron saints are Saint Peter and Saint Paul. == History == The church was built between 1872 and 1878, eventhough reference is made in the porch as 1876 as date of completion of the construction. It was designed by Friedrich Adler for the purpose of the Lutheran rite and initially dedicated to Saint Paul. Construction work was led by German engineer Heinrich Gruder. Material for decoration of the façade (moulded bricks and floor tiles) was brought from Charlottenburg near Berlin. Stained glasses adorning the choir and sacristy were produced by the Imperial Institute of stained glass in the Berlin, founded by Emperor William I.〔Derenda Jerzy. Piękna stara Bydgoszcz – tom I z serii Bydgoszcz miasto na Kujawach. Praca zbiorowa. Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz 2006〕 The building was equipped with underfloor gas heating, and approximately 200 gas lamps lighting. Its organ was built by a well-known company of Wilhelm Sauer from Frankfurt (Oder).〔Urbański Dawid: Plac Wolności. () Kalendarz Bydgoski 2012〕 A Lutheran rite liturgy was performed until 1945. On 3 September 1939, during Bydgoszcz "Bloody Sunday" episode, German irregulars shot at retreating troops of the Polish Army from the temple spire. During the second WW, the building was severely damaged, both in 1939 following the Bydgoszcz "Bloody Sunday" retaliations from the Germans, and in 1945 during the firing of the city. The 2nd February 1945 the Catholic Church took over the building, its dedication being presided over by Mgr Jan Konopczyński on the day of the celebration of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It served as a church and also as a school and was administered by the Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Bydgoszcz. Decree was issued on 24 August 1946, signed by cardinal August Hlond, and on 1 October, the church was established a parish under the name of "Holy apostles Peter and Paul". Under Stalinist era, the building came close to be demolished, like the Bydgoszcz City Theatre. The pretext for the authorities was the importance of damages resulted from the military operations in 1945: artillery shells pierced the ceiling through the facade of the church, tore down and ruined the organ and ruined the spire. On 19 April 1945, Bydgoszcz interim city council adopted a resolution on decommissioning and demolition of the church. Confronted to a firm and collective opposition, urban authorities suggested the transfer of the rite to the Garrison Church (now ''Bernardine Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace'') of Bydgoszcz, which would have allowed the building to be razed. In June 1947 the idea was abandoned, when was disclosed the plan to erect a monument to Joseph Stalin in place of the demolished church. In fact, the demolition didn't go through, thanks to the steadfast attitude of the parishioners, the parish priest Stanislaw Wisniewski and the full support of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The renovation of the organ and the repair of damaged stained glasses, windows and scorched happened in October 1947, all paid by collected funds. Between 1949 and 1957, the interior of the church was refurbished for the parish, and renovation occurred 1966-1967. The great altar was designed and made by the sculptor Sylwester Fryska. An 1854 painting from Maksymilian Piotrowski, "Madonna of the Immaculate Conception" was installed, a vestige coming from the former Jesuit church Saint Ignatius of Loyola in Bydgoszcz destroyed by the Nazis in 1940. In 1957, the church received a rich polychrome decor and in 1966 were placed at the altar the painting "Last Supper" and the figure of St. Peter and Paul, works of the artists Mikulski and Mrówczyński. In the 1990s, an overhaul of the tower was conducted and stained glasses replaced. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Bydgoszcz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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