The building became a metropolitan cathedral on March 25 , 1939 , when the Craiova Archdiocese was raised to the rank of Metropolis . In 1976 , the interior painting was washed and brightened . The following year 's earthquake caused damage that required the cathedral to be sanctified again in 1978 on the feast of Saint Demetrius , after a refurbishing . It houses relics of the following saints : Patriarch Nephon II of Constantinople , Sergius and Bacchus and Tatiana of Rome
following year 's earthquake
1977 Vrancea earthquake
Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova