 Eventually, the neighborhood was settled by wealthier people interested in building a larger and prettier church.The present building was constructed by "ktitor" Ion Tăutu, a "vornic", and his wife Maria between 1816 and 1818; it was blessed by Metropolitan Veniamin Costache in 1820.The design was inspired by a church in Flămânzi that Tăutu's friend Theodor Balș built in 1813.