Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral

Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral Catedrala Mitropolitană din Timișoara
Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral façade.
Basic information
Location	Timișoara
Affiliation	Romanian Orthodox Church
Rite	Eastern Orthodox Church
State	Romania
Year consecrated	6 October 1946
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Metropolis of Banat
Status	Metropolitan cathedral
Heritage designation	TM-II-m-A-06138
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Ioan D. Traianescu
Architectural type	Cathedral
Architectural style	Moldavian/Byzantine
Groundbreaking	14 September 1936
Completed	8 September 1941
Specifications
Length	63 metres (207 ft)
Width	32 metres (105 ft)
Height (max)	90.5 metres (297 ft)

The Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană din Timișoara) is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara, in the historical Banat region, in western Romania. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Timișoara and Metropolis of Banat. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs, Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom.

Built on an area of 1,542 m² (16,600 sq ft), it has 11 towers, of which the central and the highest has a height of 90.5 meters. The Metropolitan Cathedral is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.

The cathedral was raised between 1936 and 1941. The building's style (architect Ioan Traianescu) is Neo-Moldavian style, based on Romanian Orthodox, late Renaissance, Ottoman, and Byzantine architecture elements, such as niches under the eaves, ribbed star vaulting in the interior, and lacquered discs in a variety of colors.

The church's interior and exterior paintings were created by the painter Anastase Demian. The difficult period that followed the structure's completion, that of Romania during World War II, prevented the paintings from being finished with the building. Demian's work went on for many years after World War II.