Greek Church Research Paper

The church dates back to 1175, having been initially built as a Roman-Catholic monastery, it was turned into a protestant church following the Protestant Reformation. The church is built with a three-nave basilica plane, positioned on the east-west axis, in a Romanesque style. The church was not plastered as to follow the Romanesque style rules, but the legend says there have been attempts to plaster the outer walls but the mortar would not stick to the red brick of which the church was made, due to a curse of a plaster-worker.
The church was built by noble Akos of the Akos tribe. The nobleman's family donated the monastery to the Benedictine order. In the 16th century, the Akos line died out, many of its descendant having been killed. What has been left behind them is the church, and the name of the Acâs settlement, Akos in Hungarian.
The fate
Overcoming more hardships in 1896-1902, the church was finally restored on money provided by the committee on art monuments. The benches in the church were locally crafted, painted in floral motifs in 1750-1776 in a late Transylvanian floral Renaissance style.
Another legend has it that the church of Acas is connected to Ardud Castle via a tunnel, which in turn would be connected to the bastions of Satmar and Medies. The legend of the tunnels is still alive in the minds of the Satu Mare people although nobody can boast of having travelled the alleged underground road themselves. The tunnels around churches and castles were probably much shorter and were designed as emergency exits.
The church of Acas is one of the most resplendent Romanesque art structures in mediaeval Europe, as the church's initial architectural structure resembles that of the Cluny Abbacy of Burgundy,