Why We Build The Cathedral For The Nation’s Salvation And What Its Significance Is

Romanian Orthodox Church 03-08-2011 The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate informs us: As there are still some persons and groups that continue to contest in the country and abroad the need and opportuneness to build the Cathedral for the Nation’s Salvation in Bucharest, the Romanian Patriarchate explains that the New Cathedral is a necessity and a symbol: 1. Liturgical necessity Only who celebrates or attends the solemn liturgical moments and the church ceremonies in the present Patriarchal Cathedral knows the difficulties brought about by the acute lack of space for the normal development of the religious services. The present Patriarchal Cathedral, built in the middle of the 17th century (1656 – 1658) was first church monastery and later on metropolitan cathedral in 1688.