National Cathedral
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cathedral in Bucharest
Key facts
- Location
- 13 September Ave (4–60), Sector 5, Bucharest
- Country
- Romania
- Denomination
- Eastern Orthodox
- Website
- catedrala-nationala .ro
- Status
- Completed
- Consecrated
- 25 November 2018
- Style
- Neo-Byzantine
- Groundbreaking
- 15 December 2010
- Completed
- 26 October 2025
- Construction cost
- €315 million (October 2025)
- Capacity
- 7,000 , 323,000 m
- Length
- 126.1 m (interior) , 140.7 m (stairs)
- Width
- 67.7 m
- Height
- 127 m (interior-cross) , 133 m (ground-cross)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Catedrala Națională – O Catedrală pentru țară!
Catedrala Națională – O Catedrală pentru țară!
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Wikidata facts
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Country
- Romania
- Located in
- Sector 5
- Area
- 13668.5
- Owned by
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Official website
- catedrala-nationala.ro
- Image
- Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului (Noiembrie 2025).jpg
- Height
- 120
- Patron saint
- Andrew the Apostle
- Significant event
- opening ceremony
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- street address
- Calea 13 Septembrie 4-60
- diocese
- Archdiocese of Bucharest
- date of official opening
- 2025-10-26
- Commons category
- People's Salvation Cathedral, Bucharest
- architectural style
- Byzantine Revival architecture
- native label
- Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului
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Encyclopedic overview
The National Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Națională), also known as the People's Salvation Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului), is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, built to serve as the patriarchal cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church. It is located in central Bucharest on Spirea's Hill (Arsenal Square), facing the Palace of Parliament. At 133 metres (436 ft) tall, the cathedral occupies a dominant position in Bucharest's cityscape, being visible from all approaches to the city.
It is the tallest and largest Eastern Orthodox church building by volume, and area, in the world. The People's Salvation Cathedral will have the largest collection of church mosaics (interior decoration) in the world when it is completed, covering about 25,000 square meters. Also the People's Salvation Cathedral has the world's largest Orthodox iconostasis (23.8 meters long and 17.1 meters high) and the world's largest free-swinging church bell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “National Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.