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Church St. Constantine and St. Helena | |
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Iglesia de San Constantino y Santa Elena | |
Location | El Hatillo, Greater Caracas |
Country | Venezuela |
Denomination | Romanian Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy |
Website | http://www.icontip.com/8.html |
History | |
Status | Church |
Founded | 1999 |
Founder(s) | Teoctist Arăpașu |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Style | Gothic/Carpathian vernacular |
Specifications | |
Height | 38 m (125 ft) Bell tower |
Materials | Wood |
Church of St. Constantine and St. Helena, located in El Hatillo at the south-east of Caracas. It was donated by the Orthodox Church of Venezuela and the Government of Romania to the Orthodox community living in the capital of Venezuela. The land for its construction was donated by the Mayor. There are only 15 religious temples of its kind in the world and only two of them are outside Romania. [1] [2] It was built by craftsmen from the Maramureș region in Transylvania, it was assembled without nails or metal objects in the structure and it is adorned with religious neo-Byzantine paintings. The bell tower rises more than 30 meters. All the pieces of wood for ceilings and walls, were brought from Romania. [1] [2]
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