Romania is Building the Biggest Orthodox Church in the World

Discover Romania's monumental creations, from the colossal Palace of the Parliament to the ongoing construction of the world's tallest Orthodox cathedral. Are these projects worth their immense cost?

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[mikexstad]

Minnesota has a publicly funded NFL stadium that cost $1.4B (not including maintenance)

[singoller]

Frati mei, best of wishes from Bulgaria! I hope the church gets completed and is enjoyed and appreciated by the people in the near future! 🇧🇬❤️🇷🇴

[projectzet]

think about the stats its gonna give to the region, + 15 religion and +5 happiness...

[andys]

As an Orthodox Christian in the US, I'll definitely put this on a pilgrimage trip in the near future. ☦️

[shockerx]

this shows the true separation of church and state in Romania, about 50 meters

[mini]

Romania is doing great, will visit the church definitely when completed. Greetings from Bulgaria.

[abcdmefgh]

I'm Catholic, but I'll definitely visit. Too many economists forget the value the beautiful architecture has in itself.

[Adelwapen]

I’m Swedish protestant but I will definitely visit the sight this year when I visit even if it’s not completed. Too bad I will visit just a year before it’s complete. Still love to the faithful people of Romania, ave cristo rex 🇸🇪🤝🇷🇴

[cerovec]

11:30 no Serbia is not part of the EU nor the Schengen-area

[mrblock]

We need more buildings like this again. Honestly I love to see artwork and opulance of Cathedrals downtown and not some old Glass AT&T buildings from the 1970s

[Daniel_vDs]

Serbia is not even in the EU, Romania and Bulgaria are in the EU, but not in Schengen(Romania entered Schengen several months ago but only by air😐)

[luynsfk]

You are doing amazing, bravo Romania! ♥️🌹🇧🇬

[maksimm.]

Beautiful ...Greetings to our Romanian Orthodox brothers from Serbia.
Brits can just envy you

[sfadam]

Do some easy research. The Parliament Palace and the House of the Free Press are NOT brutalist structures, as described in the opening of your video--quite an error. It is more in line with what is sometimes called Stalin Baroque. It has romanesque elements on steroids. This style relied on gargantuan proportion, even more extreme in Romania. This style ornamentation that would become rejected sharply in the USSR. Khrushev had this style essentially banned for wasting resources. He scuttled the rather imaginative, if stifling, legacy as excessive.

[SirAdrian]

As a Romanian, there is nothing controversial about it. The cathedral has been in plans for 200 years but every time work was supposed to start some war would postpone it.

[sebastianvella]

It will be beautiful. From a Catholic God Bless Romania and the Orthodox faith.

[MichaelH]

How does this guy put out 27 hours of content every day.

[mega-bustershepard]

Orthobros, you are gaining a beautiful Church. May your devotion to God gain you favor with heaven and may the Romanian people prosper! 🙏

[hismajesty]

This is great. Romania values its culture and roots. We could learn a thing from them in the West.

[amp]

As an Orthodox Christian, I look forward to visiting this church.

God bless Romania from a polish brit