St. Elijah–Colței Inn Church
The St. Elijah–Colței Inn Church () is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 18 Doamnei Street in the Lipscani quarter of Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. Reportedly, around 1725–1730, ''Clucer'' Radu Colțea built a wooden church on land that passed to the Colței Inn after 1745. In 1841, inn manager Lazăr Kalenderoglu demolished the church and built the present one a short distance away; both had as their patron Elijah, the protector of travelers by land. In 1954, the Bucharest Archdiocese renovated the church and handed it over to Bulgarians in Romania, the local Bulgarian community. The grant was formalized that October during a re-sanctification ceremony involving Patriarch of All Romania, Romanian Patriarch Justinian Marina, Justinian, his Patriarch of All Bulgaria, Bulgarian counterpart Cyril of Bulgaria, Cyril and a large number of priests from both countries.Stoica and Ionescu-Ghinea, pp. 143-44 In 2009, as part of an effort to reclaim prope ...
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