The Nativity Cathedral was one of the largest surprises of our trip to Chișinău, as while the building pictured below doesn’t seem like anything special, it is the inside of the cathedral that makes it worth your time. Upon entering you will simply be overwhelmed by all the gold that you will see left, right, up top and behind you… we were left simply in awe when visiting the Nativity Cathedral. In fact, the cathedral was built in 1830 but was the bell tower was sadly destroyed during a bombing in WWII, something that wasn’t rebuilt until 1997. Nowadays, it is the main Moldovan Orthodox church in Chișinău and it will be a rare occasion that you will find the cathedral empty. As photography and videography isn’t allowed inside the cathedral you will have to figure out for yourself how beautiful the inside truly is.