Government to fund five per cent of national Cathedral

3/3/2011 CALEA 13 SEPTEMBRIE Romania’s state will help fund work on the construction of five per cent of the Cathedral Of The Nation’s Salvation, including 2.4 million Euro in 2011 The remaining cash for the 400 million Euro project will come from the Patriarchy of The Romanian Orthodox Church’s own funds and contributions from citizens. Building work on the Cathedral has started on a strip of walled wasteland opposite the Parliament Palace and the National Museum of Contemporary Arts (MNAC) on Calea 13 Septembrie.