The Saint Elijah-Colței Inn Church (Biserica Sfântul Ilie–Hanul Colței) is a Romanian Orthodox church in the old town of Bucharest. The church is dedicated to the Prophet Elijah, the protector of travelers by land.
Before the current church was built, a wooden church existed in its place, which was constructed around 1725-1730 by the nobleman Radu Colțea. After 1745 the land on which the church was built became part of the Colțea Inn. In 1841, Lazăr Kalenderoglu, who leased the inn, demolished the church after it was damaged by an earthquake in 1838. He then built the new church which was consecrated on 30 August 1841.
In 1895 the Municipal Council decided that the name Colței Inn Church was inappropriate and renamed the church to Saint Elijah Kalenderu Church.
The church was severly damaged by the earthquake of November 1940 so after World War II, between 1953 and 1954 it was renovated by the Archdiocese of Bucharest, who then decided to give it to the Bulgarian community. After the establishment of the Communist regime, the Bulgarian state had given up its churches in Romania, including the Bulgarian church in Bucharest that was also damaged by the 1940 earthquake.
The church was consecrated again on 26 October 1954 by Patriarch Justinian of Romania and Patriarch Cyril of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church then sent over Bulgarian priests to Bucharest to hold religious services for the Bulgarian-speaking community. After the building got in decay, the Romanian Orthodox Church reclaimed the Saint Elijah-Colței Inn Church in 2009 after which it was restored between 2012 and 2015.
The Saint Elijah-Colței Inn Church has the shape of a basilica with three naves and measures a length of 22.5 meters and a width of 13 meters. The facades have Neoclassical decorations and on the left and right side of the entrance portico are the painted icons of the Saints Peter and Paul.
