 Between 1841 and 1843, the "logofăt" Dimitrie Sturdza and his family members, with financial assistance from Vatopedi and the efforts of Metropolitan Grigore Irinopoleos, had the current church built on the site of the old one.The architect Andrei Caridi was assisted by the Greek master builders Atanasie and Gheorghe.The resulting church resembles certain Athonite buildings in form and dimension, and is the city's only church in the shape of a Greek cross.