Church with the Clock

The "St. Paraschiva" church on Gloriei street was built in 1857, with the contribution of the ancient rite Russian-Lipovian community and with the support of the Ottoman Empire. The church preserves in its archive the original act by which the high Ottoman authorities allowed the construction of this place, imposing exact dimensions (length 40, width 20 and height 28 cubits), in other words, not to be higher than the minaret of the mosque, but, at the same time, deciding the exclusive right of property and freedom of worship. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and especially the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in Russia definitively interrupted the possibility of priests coming from Russia. This is probably the reason why some churches did not have an altar. Also from this period, the parishioners of the ancient rite churches began to be known as "bezpopovţi" (without a priest). An eloquent fact is the case of the Russian priest Alexandru, who was buried in 1886 in the yard of the "Saint Parascovia" Church in Tulcea. Currently, the church is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Metropolis of the Străvechi Rite.

The cathedral of Tulcea was built on the place where the Romanians from the village of Beștepe had built a small wooden church. The foundation stone of the current church was laid in 1862 by Metropolitan Dionisie of Durostorului, the inscription at the entrance stands as testimony: "This holy place with the patron Saint Hierarch Nicolae, from the city of Tulcea, was built in 1865, during the Turkish rule , next to the old church". The beautiful cathedral has a height of approximately 30m, being in the shape of a cross and following the Byzantine style with three towers. It is built of stone and brick, plastered on the outside, covered with galvanized sheet metal and painted in oil on the inside. The ceiling consists of 15 vaults, supported on 8 massive pillars, made of brick and stone. The painting in Renaissance style was executed in 1905-1906 by the painter-professor D. Marinescu, from the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest.

The "Buna Vestire" church was built between 1848-1854 during the time of Metropolitan Dionisie, with stone and mortar in the Greek neoclassical style, by the Greek community from Tulcea, based on the plan drawn up by the architect Ștefan Dopron. The current church was built on the site of an older wooden house dedicated to "St. Nicolae", the patron saint of Greek sailors and merchants who arrived in Tulcea after 1829. On the frontispiece of the bell tower, built of brick after 1900, supported by Ionic columns and dominated by the eye of Providence, was written: "With love, from your parishioners, Lord! ". The church was originally painted between 1854-1857.