HOSPITAL CHAPEL

Coltea Church is surrounded by the crumbing city hospital, Coltea, and is part of that complex in the heart of Univesity Plaza. It is very old and simply beautiful. Most hospitals here have a chapel attached. Is that a bad sign of the medical system?

ONION DOMES!

This is a very popular church here in the city ....located smack in the middle of town and filled with history, it is near the University area. It's survived only "God knows what" and is undergoing renovations. inside, it is dark, mysterious and amazing.

Click here to learn more about this church:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest_Russian_Church

A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH

The beautiful mosaic hangs on the outside wall of this neighborhood church in Bucharest. The place was basking in some afternoon summer sun.

WATCHING OVER THE CITY

Some churches seem to keep watch ...this one is gorgeously perched on a hill overlooking Piata Unirii and is the direct opposite of the commerce it looks at all day.

THE SWEET GREEN TOWERS

I love this church ...it sits crowded (can't tell it here, though) between blocks and on a very busy street. It seems so pure and regal there in the midst of the chaos.

THE JOYFUL SHEPHERD CHURCH

This is a very old church in the heart of the city that survived communism somehow. "Bucur" means "joy" and you can see that word in BUCHArest.