Comments on: The Church of Oath Taking http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html BUCHAREST AS I SEE IT Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:38:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Andreea http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2036 Andreea Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:52:05 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2036 Vogon Poet: It's called at the Post Office because it lies on the Post Office Street (Strada Poştei in Romanian) and to differentiate it from other St. Dumitru churches in Bucharest. The funny part is that the Post Office the street is referring to is not there anymore. The church is behind an imposing building which used to be the Post Office Palace but which now houses the National Museum of History. Vogon Poet: It's called at the Post Office because it lies on the Post Office Street (Strada Poştei in Romanian) and to differentiate it from other St. Dumitru churches in Bucharest. The funny part is that the Post Office the street is referring to is not there anymore. The church is behind an imposing building which used to be the Post Office Palace but which now houses the National Museum of History.

]]> By: Stine in Ontario http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2037 Stine in Ontario Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:02:10 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2037 Andreea,<br />You asked me if I used a zoom lens to take the photo of the chickadee. Yes, I did. The bird would fly away if I got too close. ;-) Andreea,
You asked me if I used a zoom lens to take the photo of the chickadee. Yes, I did. The bird would fly away if I got too close. ;-)

]]> By: arabesque http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2038 arabesque Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:59:21 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2038 the church did undergo a lot of renovation...glsd it's staying that way for good...was just abt to ask what sort of church is this, no wonder it has a diff. style to it.<br />earthquakes can be inevitable and that's one thing i'm scared of! ^-^ the church did undergo a lot of renovation…glsd it's staying that way for good…was just abt to ask what sort of church is this, no wonder it has a diff. style to it.
earthquakes can be inevitable and that's one thing i'm scared of! ^-^

]]> By: VP http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2039 VP Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:29:10 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2039 You made me laugh loud! This nice church, for me, will be forever 'Saint Dumitru at the Post Office'... Another interesting story, are you practically saying that a Big One could come every day? That's scary! You made me laugh loud! This nice church, for me, will be forever 'Saint Dumitru at the Post Office'… Another interesting story, are you practically saying that a Big One could come every day? That's scary!

]]> By: Andreea http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2040 Andreea Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:43:35 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2040 Stine: You are correct, it is a Eastern Orthodox church, I forgot to say that in the post. According to a 2002 census about 85% of the Romanians declared themselves as eastern orthodox. <br /><br />Bucharest is located in an earthquake area. We get smaller ones every few years and a big one every 30-40 years. The last major one was in 1977, 7.2 on Richter scale. I was only 5 years old at the time but it's one of the few memories that I still have from that time. Stine: You are correct, it is a Eastern Orthodox church, I forgot to say that in the post. According to a 2002 census about 85% of the Romanians declared themselves as eastern orthodox.

Bucharest is located in an earthquake area. We get smaller ones every few years and a big one every 30-40 years. The last major one was in 1977, 7.2 on Richter scale. I was only 5 years old at the time but it's one of the few memories that I still have from that time.

]]> By: Stine in Ontario http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html/comment-page-1#comment-2041 Stine in Ontario Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.bucharestdailyphoto.com/2009/10/the-church-of-oath-taking.html#comment-2041 It wold be a shame to tear it down because it has so much history attached to it. Every time it was renovated adds a little bit more to the story. <br /><br />The dome on the church makes me think this is a form of Eastern Orthodox church, not Roman Catholic. Is that correct?<br /><br />Earthquakes? See how much I'm learning about your country? It wold be a shame to tear it down because it has so much history attached to it. Every time it was renovated adds a little bit more to the story.

The dome on the church makes me think this is a form of Eastern Orthodox church, not Roman Catholic. Is that correct?

Earthquakes? See how much I'm learning about your country?

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