The earliest image of the church dates to 1813 ; the ink drawing , by a jacket maker and choir singer , shows a tall wooden fence and two cupolas apparently of stone . The same year , Calinic of Cernica was ordained a priest there . The church 's first record book is from 1844 . It mentions that the attached cells were occupied by priests as well as poor people , orphans and widows . It notes that the iconostasis is of wood , the murals old , the seven windows framed in stone , the wooden door plated with iron , and the cupolas and roof made of rather old fir boards . A similar work from 1850 reveals that the domes were coated in tin , indicating the structure was growing weaker in the wake of the 1838 earthquake . In 1869 , Italian painter Domenico Preziosi executed a fine watercolor of the church ; however , by around 1880 , it was in a deplorable state . Repairs were carried out in 1883 , but these only further damaged the structure
1838 earthquake
1838 Vrancea earthquake
Batiștei Church