Casin Church

After talking so much about bars and clubs, we chose to write about a church, Casin.

Casin Church is better known as Casin Monastery or the Church of Casin Monastery. Do not mistake it with the village Manastirea Casin, which is placed in Bacau county, the monastery there was built in 1655.

The Bucharest church is places in a quiet, green area of Domenilor, close to the Triumphal Arch. It is one of the highest churches in Bucharest, meant to be seen from afar, not hidden between apartment houses.

Built in 1937 by architect Ionescu-Berechet, the church combines the “Brancovenesc” architectural style (see the front side columns) with the Byzantine one (mosaic, the floor plan is a Greek cross, the building is tall and spacious).


Source for the plan of the building



Mareshal Ion Antonescu contributed to its construction with a few donations (also to Sf. Constantin si Elena and Elefterie Churches).

We could not get any pictures of the inside, because we arrived during service and we were not allowed. We wouldn’t have much to see anyway, since the building is under restoration (for a long time now), the walls are blank, which gives the church a sad, gray feel.

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