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The forests of Bison Land are home to the second largest collection of places of worship after Mount Athos. Each hermitage, monastery has its own story, offering equally unique experiences.
Neamț Monastery

Neamț Monastery

A place older than the reign of Stephen the Great. The oldest monastic settlement in Moldova

15 kilometers away from the Neamț Fortress, there is another place full of history and legend, as no other place [...]

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Agapia Monastery

Agapia Monastery

One of the largest nunneries in Europe

Agapia Monastery is one of the largest nuns monastery in Europe. About this place, the Romanian writer Alexandru Vlahuță said [...]

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Văratec Monastery

Văratec Monastery

The largest nunnery in Europe

The largest nunnery in Romania is in the village of Văratec in the commune of Agapia. It was founded in [...]

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Secu Monastery

Secu Monastery

500 years old and intense spiritual experience

Set at the foot of Mount Vasan and near the Secu river, the monastery has the shape of a medieval [...]

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Sihăstria Monastery

Sihăstria Monastery

“Through the place of prayer of Father Cleopa”

Known in Romania as a place of Holy Men, Sihăstria Monastery is rooted in 1655, being founded by Bishop Ghedeon [...]

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Sihla Monastery

Sihla Monastery

“The path to silence”

About halfway through the forest road that connects the Sihăstria Monastery with the Agapia Monastery, you can see the Sihla [...]

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Horaița Monastery

Horaița Monastery

Far from the noise of the world, here you find peace

Horaița Monastery, Crăcăoani is located 6 km from the road that connects the cities of Târgu Neamț and Piatra Neamț. [...]

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Mănăstiri și schituri pe stil vechi

Another story about history and spirituality

The Bison Land, a place full of mystery, is also home to old-style places of worship. Old-style religious communities are among the most numerous in the country and preserve their ancestral traditions intact. Travelling back in history, the writings say that in 1924, when the Romanian Orthodox Church introduced the Gregorian calendar, some priests and faithful chose to continue celebrating holidays according to the old Julian calendar, so that the old-style places of worship appeared. The Bison Land is the place where the first old-style church was built in Romania, the church of “Saints Constantine and Helen” in Vânători-Neamț.

Dobru Monastery

Dobru Monastery

The oldest old-style monastic settlement in Romania

Built in a quiet oasis, Dobru Monastery is the first old-style church built in a commune in Romania. The new [...]

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The Monastery of Brădițel

The Monastery of Brădițel

A monastic community that lives in “the wonderful meadow”

From the road that connects Târgu Neamț with Piatra Neamț, in Bodești commune, on a cobbled road we reach another [...]

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Slătioara Monastery

Slătioara Monastery

Slătioara Monastery, is the old style metropolis in Romania, being a monastery of monks from Slătioara village, Râșca commune, Suceava [...]

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Alte mănăstiri și schituri

“On hermitage and faith through the Neamț forests”

The Hermitage of Saint Daniil Sihastru

The Hermitage of Saint Daniil Sihastru

A favorite place for hermits, the hermitage is built in a meadow on a mountain peak.  You can get here [...]

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The Vovidenia Hermitage

The Vovidenia Hermitage

Located near the Neamț Monastery, it has always been a suitable place for temporary or permanent withdrawal for some monks. [...]

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The Pocrov Hermitage

The Pocrov Hermitage

Located in a meadow with secular forests, 4 km from Neamț Monastery, Pocrov hermitage is one of the oldest monastic [...]

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Icoana Veche (Old Icon) Hermitage

Icoana Veche (Old Icon) Hermitage

Six kilometers from the Neamț Monastery, in a dense forest which seems deserted, you can find the Icoana Veche Hermitage. [...]

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The Icoana Nouă (New Icon) Hermitage

The Icoana Nouă (New Icon) Hermitage

Continuing the way from the impressive and old monastery of Neamț, after the Icoana Veche Hermitage, there was a meadow [...]

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Cărbuna Hermitage

Cărbuna Hermitage

If you stop at the Dragoș-Vodă Bisons and Charpatian Fauna Reservation, you can also go to the Cărbuna Hermitage, located [...]

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Braniște Hermitage

Braniște Hermitage

If you choose to seclude yourself from the world for a few moments, at 4km from Neamț Monastery you will [...]

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Saint John the New Hermitage

Saint John the New Hermitage

300 meters from the Neamț Monastery is the place where, say the locals, “the saints rejuvenate, renew, the elders live [...]

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The Agapia Veche Hermitage

The Agapia Veche Hermitage

Two kilometers from the Agapia Monastery, among the towering trees of the forest, the Agapia Veche Hermitage stands guard. You [...]

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The Poiana lui Ioan Hermitage

The Poiana lui Ioan Hermitage

In the Neamț Mountains, 3 km from the Sihăstria Monastery, there is the Poiana lui Ioan Hermitage. The road to [...]

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The Nifon (Ulysses) Hermitage

The Nifon (Ulysses) Hermitage

Far from the urban civilization, through a beech forest, we arrive to the Saint Nifon Hermitage. Here nature is intertwined [...]

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Horăicioara Monastery

Horăicioara Monastery

The Horăicioara Monastery from Neamț County dates from 1466, being built by order of Saint Stephen the Great, in order [...]

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Boulețul Mic Hermitage

Boulețul Mic Hermitage

In Mitocu Bălan, the fairytale village from Crăcăoani commune, we find the small hermitage Boulețul Mic. Located right on the [...]

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Saint Mary Magdalene Hermitage, Țibucani

Saint Mary Magdalene Hermitage, Țibucani

30 km from the city of Târgu Neamț, far from the noise of the city, in a meadow surrounded by [...]

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