Authorities in a Romanian church carved entirely out of ice has ordered a ban on candles from its parishioners to keep the structure from melting.

The 200-foot church located in the picturesque Carpathian Mountains overlooking the Balea Lake had been fully-booked wedding and baptism ceremonies that candles have been burning almost non-stop damaging the church interior.

"We have been flooded with requests for baptism ceremonies, weddings or other religious events. It's a novelty for people and something special they can look back on," said Inge Florea, a spokesman for the ice church.

According to Arnold Kingleis, the brain behind the ice church, it took 30 workers working for one month to build the structure using ice taken from the frozen-over Balea Lake.

All furnishings of the church including the altar made and relief carvings in its the walls are made of ice.

Klingeis said he hopes to is keep the church open until at least April before summer sets in.