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The interior oil painting, in the style of old Byzantine painting or the painting from Mount Athos, was made by the painter Vasiliev, the iconostasis, carved in wood and gilded, was painted by Viktor Vasnetsov, after the model of the one in the Cathedral of the "St. Archangels" in the Kremlin.
In 1916, during the First World War, the church was closed, the objects of worship and the archive being evacuated to Iași, and from there to Saint Petersburg, where they were lost during the Russian Revolution.
After the war, services were resumed and celebrated in the Old Slavonic language, attracting not only Russians, but also Serbs and Bulgarians from Bucharest.
In 1935 the Russian Church was transferred under the authority of the Romanian state and made available to the professors and students of the University of Bucharest.
In 1947, it was transferred by the Soviet authorities back under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, it was repaired and its painting was restored.
It returned to the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1957.
It was reinforced after the 1977 earthquake, and the restoration of the painting began in 2000.
The church is built with massive walls (19 x 18 m), the entrance being made on the northwest corner, towards the street, so that the altar, semicircular, is oriented towards the east.
The nave is inscribed in a cross with equal arms, completed with compartments intended to increase the space or the necessary arrangements for worship, everything being expressed in the volumes of the facade.
It is covered by a raised central vault, over which rises the spire, which supports a bulbous dome, surrounded by four smaller towers located on the corners of the nave.
The entrance is marked by a body, strongly protruding, crowned by a tower finished in the form of a bulb, a seventh tower, of the same design, rising above the altar.
The spires, originally gilded, are now covered with painted sheet metal.
The facades, inspired by Russian and Georgian designs, are made of yellowish pink exposed brick and richly ornamented.
Viktor Vasnetsov - Joy of the Lord the righteous
Cвятая равноапостольная княгиня Ольга на фреске Виктора Васнецова «Радость праведных о Господе. Преддверие Рая» (барабан главного купола Владимирского Собора в Киеве). Правая часть. 1885-1996
The interior oil painting, in the style of old Byzantine painting or the painting from Mount Athos, was made by the painter Vasiliev, the iconostasis, carved in wood and gilded, was painted by Viktor Vasnetsov, after the model of the one in the Cathedral of the "St. Archangels" in the Kremlin.
In 1916, during the First World War, the church was closed, the objects of worship and the archive being evacuated to Iași, and from there to Saint Petersburg, where they were lost during the Russian Revolution.
After the war, services were resumed and celebrated in the Old Slavonic language, attracting not only Russians, but also Serbs and Bulgarians from Bucharest.
In 1935 the Russian Church was transferred under the authority of the Romanian state and made available to the professors and students of the University of Bucharest.
In 1947, it was transferred by the Soviet authorities back under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, it was repaired and its painting was restored.
It returned to the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1957.
It was reinforced after the 1977 earthquake, and the restoration of the painting began in 2000.
The church is built with massive walls (19 x 18 m), the entrance being made on the northwest corner, towards the street, so that the altar, semicircular, is oriented towards the east.
The nave is inscribed in a cross with equal arms, completed with compartments intended to increase the space or the necessary arrangements for worship, everything being expressed in the volumes of the facade.
It is covered by a raised central vault, over which rises the spire, which supports a bulbous dome, surrounded by four smaller towers located on the corners of the nave.
The entrance is marked by a body, strongly protruding, crowned by a tower finished in the form of a bulb, a seventh tower, of the same design, rising above the altar.
The spires, originally gilded, are now covered with painted sheet metal.
The facades, inspired by Russian and Georgian designs, are made of yellowish pink exposed brick and richly ornamented.
The interior oil painting, in the style of old Byzantine painting or the painting from Mount Athos, was made by the painter Vasiliev, the iconostasis, carved in wood and gilded, was painted by Viktor Vasnetsov, after the model of the one in the Cathedral of the "St. Archangels" in the Kremlin.
In 1916, during the First World War, the church was closed, the objects of worship and the archive being evacuated to Iași, and from there to Saint Petersburg, where they were lost during the Russian Revolution.
After the war, services were resumed and celebrated in the Old Slavonic language, attracting not only Russians, but also Serbs and Bulgarians from Bucharest.
In 1935 the Russian Church was transferred under the authority of the Romanian state and made available to the professors and students of the University of Bucharest.
In 1947, it was transferred by the Soviet authorities back under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, it was repaired and its painting was restored.
It returned to the jurisdiction of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1957.
It was reinforced after the 1977 earthquake, and the restoration of the painting began in 2000.
The church is built with massive walls (19 x 18 m), the entrance being made on the northwest corner, towards the street, so that the altar, semicircular, is oriented towards the east.
The nave is inscribed in a cross with equal arms, completed with compartments intended to increase the space or the necessary arrangements for worship, everything being expressed in the volumes of the facade.
It is covered by a raised central vault, over which rises the spire, which supports a bulbous dome, surrounded by four smaller towers located on the corners of the nave.
The entrance is marked by a body, strongly protruding, crowned by a tower finished in the form of a bulb, a seventh tower, of the same design, rising above the altar.
The spires, originally gilded, are now covered with painted sheet metal.
The facades, inspired by Russian and Georgian designs, are made of yellowish pink exposed brick and richly ornamented.