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Ioan M. Cristian
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church corbeanca petresti balotesti pictura Shrine: Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel Address: Village Petresti
Com. Corbeanca On the left side of the DN1 at Km 21
there is the village of Petreşti
a village that is part of the Corbeanca commune
Ilfov county. The village in the north is bordered by the Cociovaliştea stream
on the bank of which the Animal Research Institute is located. In the courtyard of this institute
in the southern part
there is the church of Petreşti village. The church is built of brick
in the shape of a cross
covered with galvanized sheet metal
and was built from the ground up in 1820 by Scarlat and Bălaşa Petrescu owners of the Petreşti estate
having the patron saint Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel. In 1854
repairs were made by their son Alexandru and daughter-in-law Elena Petrescu. In 1906
being in ruins
it was repaired again by their nephew Eugeniu Sătescu and his mother Ceciliaş
and painted in the fresco technique
the works finishing in 1909. M.Simionescu Merei was the architect of the church
and Pr.V.Damian
painter. In 1941
it was repaired by the last owner of the Petreşti estate
Mr. Floricel Procopie Dumitrescu. At the entrance it has a porch formed by round wall pillars
forming arches above supported on a wall parapet. The painting is still preserved only on the walls and in some places in the vaults. The wall cladding keeps the painting intact. The tower of the nave is built of plastered and painted stone. The church ha
two in the naos and one in the altar) and a small one in the proscomidiar. The entrance door is made of oak. Above the door
inside
is written: With the help of the Holy Trinity, built from the ground up in the year of salvation 1820 by Scarlat and Bălaşa Petrescu, the owners of the Petreşti estate, this Holy and Divine place with the Temple of the Holy Angels. During 1970
the exterior repair of the church began
with the persistence of the priest Ionescu N.Ioan and the contribution of the parishioners
and in the following years it was repaired inside through the efforts of the new priest Dinu Mihalcea from the Preoțeşti parish
Baloteşti commune
because from 15 April 1976
this church became the branch of the new Preoțesti parish established by the basis 6385/1976 of the Holy Archdiocese of Bucharest. In 1995
the consolidation of this holy place began by the parish priest Bondar Simion
continuing with the plastering and painting of the tower. Since 2001
the newly appointed parish priest Ioniţă Mircea continues the work by painting the nave
the porch and the altar
helped by the parishioners. The church owns heritage objects. In 2008
the Petreşti Parish was re-established
and the priest Ciortan Constantin was appointed Parish Priest.
