[1] The church and the monastery were built in 1778-79, but the tower collapsed on 24 September 1779 due to mistakes made at the basement works.

Many of them were later entombed in the church's crypt until 1834, when burials within the city walls were forbidden due to a cholera epidemic.

Seven Baroque and Empire style honorary monuments, mostly of wealthy Armenian families, can be found in the church.

After a long litigation process, on 20 February 1998, the Court of Ploieşti decided in the favour of the Greek Catholic Church.

On 20 March 1998 Orthodox priests held a procession in the centre of Cluj to protest again the restitution.