Dămăroaia Church
The Dămăroaia Church ( ro, Biserica Dămăroaia) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 1 Victor Daimaca Street in the Dămăroaia quarter of Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and to Saint Myron of Cyzicus. History The church was built in 1946 on the site of a former chapel from 1931. Preparations for construction lasted some time, involving fundraising and commitment from parishioners and the priest, who in 1938 selected a site in the embryonic neighborhood, planting decorative and fruit trees. The effort was supported by ''Conducător'' Ion Antonescu and his wife Maria Antonescu, Maria,Stoica and Ionescu-Ghinea, pp. 128-29 who contributed 1 million Romanian leu, lei, one-sixth of the total cost.Stroe and Mihai, p. 152 It is one of few Romanian churches built during the transition toward the Communist Romania, communist regime.Stroe and Mihai, p. 156 By 1946, under the difficult conditions of World War II and its aftermath, funds and materials had been coll ...
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