Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului
Basic information
Location	Cluj-Napoca,  Romania
Affiliation	Eastern Orthodox
District	Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș
Country	Romania
Year consecrated	1933
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Cathedral
Leadership	Bartolomeu Anania
Website	http://www.arhiepiscopia-ort-cluj.org
Architectural description
Architect(s)	George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu
Architectural style	Romanian style Byzantine architecture
Completed	1933
Specifications
Height (max)	64 m
Dome(s)	Eight
Materials	stone

The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Built in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style, a synthesis of Renaissance and Byzantine architecture, it lies on the Avram Iancu Square, together with the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre and the Avram Iancu Statue.

The Cathedral is the seat of the Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Romanian: Adormirea Maicii Domnului).

The cathedral was built between 1923 and 1933, after the Union of Transylvania with the Romanian Old Kingdom. Nicolae Ivan (1855-1936), the first bishop of the Bishopric of Cluj, had a very important contribution in suggesting the location of the cathedral and in obtaining the necessary funds for its construction, which began on 10 September 1923.

The project of the cathedral was developed by the architects George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu, who also designed the Mausoleum of Mărăşeşti.

On 5 November 1933 the Cathedral was officially opened by Miron Cristea, the Patriarch of All Romania, Nicolae Bălan, the Metropolitan of Transylvania and Nicolae Ivan, the Bishop of Cluj. The opening ceremony was also attended, among many others, by King Carol II and Crown Prince Michael I.

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