Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Interior of Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, is a Romanian Orthodox Cathedral located on the Avram Iancu Square. The cathedral was built with stone from Baciu and Bompotoc in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style after the unification of Transylvania with Romanian Kingdom between 1923 and 1933.

Architects of the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral were George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu. The main dome of the Cathedral is surrounded by four Romanian Brncovenesc style towers. The interior walls were painted by Anastasie Demian and Catul Bogdan.

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral was opened in 1933 by the Patriarch of All Romania Miron Cristea, the Metropolitan of Transylvania Nicolae Balan and the Bishop of Cluj Nicolae Ivan. At the opening ceremony were also present King Carol II and Crown Prince Michael I.

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