Romania’s​‍​‌‍​‍‌ new Orthodox mega-cathedral means civilizational rebirth is possible

Rafael Pinto Borges, European Conservative

Monday, November 17, 2025

The vast People’s Salvation Cathedral rising over Bucharest was inaugurated by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Patriarch Daniel of Romania on October 25th. It is now the largest Orthodox church in the world. It doesn’t just crown the city’s skyline; it also offers catharsis to a people that suffered much in the 20th century. Europe’s systematic destruction of religion was hailed by communists and generations of intellectuals as the victory of reason over the scourge of obscurantism and superstition. Instead, it was civilizational suicide. The Romanian project is a break from this.