Piața Sfatului Orthodox Church

The Piața Sfatului Orthodox Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 3 Piața Sfatului, Brașov, Romania. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. A small one-room chapel opened inside the Brașov Citadel in 1829. In 1866, due to deterioration, it was closed down, its congregants assigned to the Greek Church. In 1895, Archbishop Miron Romanul laid the cornerstone of the present church, which was dedicated by his successor Ioan Mețianu in 1899. The church represented a symbolic advance for the city's Romanians, from the peripheral St. Nicholas into the main square, traditionally a Saxon space. The style is neo-Byzantine, with a central dome and bell tower.