A lighting apparatus with an organic light emitting diode, the apparatus comprising: a substrate having a lighting portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion between the lighting portion and the first contact portion; an auxiliary electrode, made of metal, and disposed on the substrate in the lighting portion and in the first contact portion to be electrically connected to a first electrode, the first electrode disposed on the substrate and the auxiliary electrode and being made of a transparent conductive material; and arranged in a form of a thin a thin matrix, a mesh, a hexagon, an octagon, a circle, throughout the entire lighting portion; a first passivation layer covering the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode in the lighting portion excepting a light emitting area from which light is actually emitted; a layer stack comprising, in this order from the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode and a second passivation layer, the layer stack is provided on an entire surface of the substrate including the first electrode and the first passivation layer; a trench at the second contact area of the substrate disconnecting the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) of the light emitting portion from the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) of the first contact portion; and a metal film disposed on the layer stack in the lighting portion; and a second contact electrode formed on a side surface of the metal film along an outer periphery of the metal film and filling in the trench in the second contact portion and contacting a side surface of the metal film and a side surface of the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) at the trench. a substrate having a lighting portion, a first contact portion and a second contact portion between the lighting portion and the first contact portion; an auxiliary electrode, made of metal, and disposed on the substrate in the lighting portion and in the first contact portion to be electrically connected to a first electrode, the first electrode disposed on the substrate and the auxiliary electrode and being made of a transparent conductive material; and arranged in a form of a thin a thin matrix, a mesh, a hexagon, an octagon, a circle, throughout the entire lighting portion; a first passivation layer covering the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode in the lighting portion excepting a light emitting area from which light is actually emitted; a layer stack comprising, in this order from the first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a second electrode and a second passivation layer, the layer stack is provided on an entire surface of the substrate including the first electrode and the first passivation layer; a trench at the second contact area of the substrate disconnecting the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) of the light emitting portion from the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) of the first contact portion; and a metal film disposed on the layer stack in the lighting portion; and a second contact electrode formed on a side surface of the metal film along an outer periphery of the metal film and filling in the trench in the second contact portion and contacting a side surface of the metal film and a side surface of the layer stack (130, 126, 115b) at the trench.