Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, Bucharest

Saint Basil the Great Cathedral, located at 50 Polonă street, is the first Romanian Greek-Catholic church built in Bucharest. The church's patron is Basil of Caesarea and its dedication celebration is on January 1.

On August 30, 2014 there was a ceremony of inauguration of the first bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Basil the Great of Bucharest inside the Cathedral.

A Greek-Catholic community is attested even before the year 1800, when this group was initially composed of Transylvanian Romanians established in the Wallachian capital. Saint Basil exists as a legal entity since 1829 but it was not a place of worship being used as Roman Catholic Chapel at Călărași Street. In 1893, during the pastoral care of the future bishop Demetriu Radu, then pastor of the church in Bucharest, was purchased land at 194 Polona Street (currently number 50), for the construction of a church. The acquisition was made on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, as the authorities did not want the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek Catholic to own property in the Romanian Old Kingdom.

After they have been late to get the authorization of the construction of the church, the authorities have imposed conditions for the construction of the church, it would be built in the courtyard (so that it is less visible to passers-by). This is why the church was built at a distance of 30 meters from the street. The financing of the construction of the church was made by the Greek Catholic faithful in Bucharest, the Greek Catholic Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia and the Catholic Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of Bucharest. A significant amount (100,000 Austro-Hungarian krone) was donated to the former parish priest, Demetriu Radu, who became bishop of the Greek Catholic bishop of Oradea Mare more later.

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