O filă de istorie locală: Crâmpeie din istoria comunității și Bisericii Ortodoxe Române din Sânnicolau Mare
A Local History: Glimpses from the History of the Community and the Romanian Orthodox Church of Sânnicolau Mare

Summary/Abstract: Sânnicolau Mare on the western border has a very long history. It was first mentioned in documents in 1247. At the end of the 17th century, Serbians and Greeks settled in the village, and the parish was reorganized in the first half of the 18th century. The Romanian people of Transylvania became subjects of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and thus began their struggle to establish their national church. In Sânnicolau, the Romanian Orthodox priests appealed to the court, but they lost and received money as compensation. They left the Serbian church and built their own church, which was dedicated on 8-th September 1903. The priests who served in the church at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century were Suetoniu Petrovici, Ioan Popovici, and Petru Fleşeriu. From 1860, the parish church also had a choir. In 1902, a Song Reunion was set up in Miclăuşul Mare. The local elite, priests, teachers, and lawyers, as well as merchants and craftsmen, played an active part in organizing the Romanian Orthodox community.

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