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 (T) at the second contact area of the substrate disconnecting the layer stack of the light emitting portion from the layer stack 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 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 (T) at the second contact area of the substrate disconnecting the layer stack of the light emitting portion from the layer stack 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 at the trench. <EOS>