At 22 stefan cel Mare street one can find one of the reformed churches of the city, built between 1815 and 1830 and known as the "Small Reformed Church", due to its smaller size as opposed to The Reformed Church of The Fortress. Before 1815, ever since the 16th century, there was an asylum for the poor named “Holy Spirit" on the location of the current church, next to which a small wooden church was built in 1722. The asylum had very strict rules. The poor were given shelter and food in exchange for working for the community. They were not allowed to cause scandal, were fined or even thrown out of the asylum if they did not comply, and had to attend church service daily. They were, however, allowed to go out to beg, but only during daytime. The poor asylum ceased functioning in the 18th century due to lack of funding. The old building degraded in time and had to be torn down. On the venue of the old wooden church, the reformed believers built a new church starting with 1815. The funds came primarily from donations. In the first stage, the works went rather well, so that by 1817 the walls of the church were erected. The builders in charge were Csizmadia Megyesfalvi Lászlo, and later Szíµcs Nanasi Gyíµrgy. After 1817, the rate at which the building is raised slows down. Ten years later, even the main building still lacked finishing. The building was finalized by Winkler Gyíµrgy, who worked in Tîrgu-Mureș at that time. The tower was built between 1828 and 1829 by Lantos András. On September 12, 1830, after the bell was installed, the church was sanctified and became functional. Both the plan and the façade are simple, with no particular artistic value. The church is made up of a tower, a compact nave and a semicircular altar. The tribunes are by the entrance and can be reached from the tower, being supported by two massive poles. The walls of the nave are reinforced with four massive pilasters on each side. The ceiling is decorated with ornate stucco. On the outside, the most prominent element is the portal on the main façade, with a carved stone framing, above which there is a window. The tower is articulated with simple-capped pilasters, and has semicircular windows on each side on its top part. Above it lie round clocks, the shape of which is partly followed by the roof cornice. The roof of the Small Reformed Church is not bulb-shaped, Baroque style, like those of most churches built at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, but has the shape of a bell.

Bibliography:

Ioan Eugen Man, Tîrgu-Mureș, istorie urbană de la începuturi până în 1850, Tîrgu-Mureș, Ed. Nico, 2006, pp. 206-208.