The interior mosaic
Among the largest executed in modern times.
MIHAIL — CC BY-SA 4.0 · MIHAIL — CC BY 4.0 · Ştefan Jurcă from Munich, Germany — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Usotifurhj — CC BY-SA 4.0
Visiting is ordinary and welcome, and the rules are few. Dress modestly: shoulders and knees covered, and at some monasteries women are asked for a head covering, which is provided at the door. Quiet is expected, and photography is often forbidden inside the church or forbidden with flash — look for the sign. No participation in the rites is expected of you: do not kiss the icons or light candles if you would rather not, and nobody will notice. If a service is in progress, stand aside or come back later.
Sign in to write your review of this place.
No reviews yet — be the first.
The People's Salvation Cathedral stands directly behind the Palace of the Parliament, and is the largest Orthodox church in the world by interior volume and the tallest: its dome rises more than a hundred and twenty metres. Construction began in 2010 after more than a century of stalled attempts — the idea of a national cathedral was first raised in the nineteenth century, after Romanian independence — and it was partly consecrated in 2018 for the centenary of the country's unification, with finishing work still going on. The building is contested inside Romania itself: its large public cost in a poor country, its deliberate siting opposite Ceaușescu's monument, and a scale that some read as a political rather than a religious statement. Whatever the view, the size does not come across in photographs — and the interior mosaic is among the largest executed in modern times. **Entry is free**, and it is a working place of worship requiring modest dress.
Among the largest executed in modern times.
The cathedral and Ceaușescu's monument face to face.
Behind the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest