The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena – Muncii Square (Biserica Sfantii Constantin si Elena – Piața Muncii) is one of the larger Romanian Orthodox churches in Bucharest and is located on Muncii Square (Piața) Muncii).
The church was founded in 1938 and initially only had a chapel at the hospital opposite the current church. Later Ion Antonescu and his wife Maria founded the new church which was constructed between 1942 and 1949 following the plans of the architect Gh. Naumescu. The interior was painted in a Neo-Byzantine style by Eremia Profeta between 1962 and 1964.
In 1988, plans emerged to demolish the church as part of Ceaușescu‘s systemization plan for the redevelopment of the area. Due to the fall of Ceaușescu’s Communist regime, those plans never materialized, and so the church survives to this day. Between 1999-2002 restoration and modernization works were carried out.
The Church of Saints Constantine and Helena – Muncii Square has the shape of an inscribed Greek cross and measures a length of 32 meters and a width of 17 meters. The church has three naves, a single dome, and ten monumental steps leading up to a porch with three frontal arches, and one arch on each side. Above the central entrance door is a pisanie carved in marble, and flanked by mosaics of the patron saints, the Emperors Constantine and Elena.
