Peleske

Nagypeleske is located near the Romanian-Hungarian border, 12 km from Satu Mare. The name of the settlement was made known by the work of József Gvadányi entitled “The Notary of Peleske”, the comic protagonist of which is said to have modeled on the somewhat permanent landlord of the village, György Becsky. The Becsky people settled Greek Catholic serfs in Nagypeleske in the early 1700s, and the majority of the village is still Hungarian Greek Catholic. Residents soon also built a wooden church. Instead of the already narrow church, a new one was built of brick in 1821. In 1832, the newly built old church was demolished. The church was enriched with a new iconostasis in 1907, and then with a new altar in 1913. Both were made at the Rétay and Benedek art institutes in Budapest, with historic carvings and Byzantine-style paintings. The iconostasis of the church was restored (2019), the renovation of the listed building began: waterlogging and cracks were eliminated, the roof and tower helmets were replaced again, the bells were electrified (2020).