Category: Monasteries

In Mitocu Bălan, the fairytale village from Crăcăoani commune, we find the small hermitage Boulețul Mic. Located right on the Cracăului Alb Valley, it is surrounded by a beautiful view. The hermitage is affiliated with the Almaș Monastery and offers the possibility to participate in religious services in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Whoever comes to visit this small hermitage, […]

30 km from the city of Târgu Neamț, far from the noise of the city, in a meadow surrounded by secular forests, the hermitage of Țibucani is the place where the hermits retired here prayed from the Secu Monastery. The tranquility of nature, the peace and quiet, the small church representative for wooden architecture, all make the picture look painted […]

In the picturesque village of Poiana Crăcăoani, on the edge of the forest, in a magnificent landscape, a place flooded with tranquility awaits you. It is a relatively recently established place of worship, but which is increasingly sought after from year to year. The few inhabitants who live here have created a place where those who arrive here want to […]

Built in a quiet oasis, Dobru Monastery is the first old-style church built in a commune in Romania. The new church and settlement is built after 1989, but the location has been used for prayer since the 1940s. It has been destroyed several times due to conflicts between the old and new style church, and after 1989 the peace was […]

From the road that connects Târgu Neamț with Piatra Neamț, in Bodești commune, on a cobbled road we reach another old-style monastery, Brădițel. In the middle of a meadow, it is said that this monastery has long been a place of defense and refuge. The construction of the church preserves the Moldovan style, and looks like an imposing city. Brădițel […]

Slătioara Monastery, is the old style metropolis in Romania, being a monastery of monks from Slătioara village, Râșca commune, Suceava county. The church was built of wood, dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord in 1947. Following a fire in 1984, the church was rebuilt, making changes comparing with the initial church. Recently, the works of the cathedral dedicated to […]

15 kilometers away from the Neamț Fortress, there is another place full of history and legend, as no other place in Romania. The Neamţ Monastery is even older than the reign of Stephen the Great, the famous Moldovan King. Called by some people the “Jerusalem of Romanian Orthodoxy”, the monastery is the oldest monastic settlement in Moldova, with roots that […]

Agapia Monastery is one of the largest nuns monastery in Europe. About this place, the Romanian writer Alexandru Vlahuță said in 1910 that is “a unique artistic treasure, a wealth of heavenly life, so beautiful, so clean and so powerful”. Agapia is located only nine kilometers from Târgu Neamţ, in the middle of the forest. The first documentary mention of […]

The largest nunnery in Romania is in the village of Văratec in the commune of Agapia. It was founded in 1785, and for a time it was under the guidance of the Agapia Monastery. At the Văratec Monastery lived personalities of the Romanian culture, among which Veronica Micle, who is also buried here, the archimandrite Bartolomeu Anania or the academician […]

Set at the foot of Mount Vasan and near the Secu river, the monastery has the shape of a medieval fortress with thick walls, defense towers and high towers. The monastery hosts a treasure, which historian Nicolae Iorga called “the great wonder of Secu”, and which contains manuscripts, prints, precious metal objects of great value from the historical and artistic […]

Known in Romania as a place of Holy Men, Sihăstria Monastery is rooted in 1655, being founded by Bishop Ghedeon of Huşi. The place is surrounded by forests and has a lot of legends associated. Father Cleopa is the most famous confessor in the Orthodox Romanian tradition and he is buried here. Many believers come to light a candle and […]

About halfway through the forest road that connects the Sihăstria Monastery with the Agapia Monastery, you can see the Sihla Monastery. Located at 1000 m altitude in a rocky area of the Sihla hill of Stânișoarei Mountains. The place of worship begins its history as early as the 12th century.  Hermits have lived in the Sihla Monastery area since the […]