Icon painting master class in Vladiceni monastery
Have you ever tried to paint an icon? No? So, you definitely should join us for this master class, but please note that you should be with a refreshed, open mind and heart. Silence, reference and dedication will help you meet the creative challenges of this course. Each of you will be able clearly see and understand the … Continue reading
Arges Monastery
The legend has it that one day, a very wealthy and religious Wallachian prince, the Black Prince, rode with nine masons and their master Manole to find a place and build a church more beautiful than anyone may have seen before. The masons started to work, but whenever they reached to the top, the walls … Continue reading
Agapia monastery
Ruined and again built, burned and remade again, Agapia on the Hill become a very charming hermitage. On the place of the church, built at the begining of the 17th century, hetman Gavril, the brother of Vasile Lupu (Moldavian ruler), and his wife, Liliana, raise at Agapia from the Valley, in 1642, the Agapia Monastery. At … Continue reading
Arbore Monastery
The Decollation of Saint John the Baptist Church of Arbore village. It is built on a rectangular plane, suggesting in the interior the idea of a triconch by high deep niches bored in the wall. A semicircular arcade doubles on the outside the west wall of the pronaos. The Decollation of Saint John the Baptist … Continue reading
Barsana monastery
More precisely a synthesis of the Byzantine plan and the Gothic forms rendered according to an original autochthonous architectural interpretation. The constructions are made out of wood. The wooden churches with their tall steeples are representative especially for the landscape in Maramures si Salaj. The Monastery is situated on the northern-central part of the village on … Continue reading
Bogdana monastery
The place where Bogdan I erected his church and monastery was, at that time, surrounded with century old forests. He chose to be buried in this church, and by his side rest his successors, beneath beautiful rock placed by St. Stefan the Great. The beginnings of Bogdana Monastery and St. Nicolae church are lost in … Continue reading
Dragomira monastery
The architectural art of the monastery is unique, combining the Byzantine tradition and the Occidental influences in a manner that will become later on specific to Moldavian architecture. The monastery of Dragomirna was built in a marvellous area, close to the forest, beyond the village Mitocul Dragomirnei, 12 kilometres from the town of Suceava. Dragomirna monastery … Continue reading
Humor monastery
This natural setting is associated with an original architectural and decorative diversity. The Church of the Humor Monastery is a famous foundation of the Middle Ages. Set in the exterior façade above the entrance, a votive inscription carved in stone tells us that the church was founded in 1530 by a Moldavian boyar named Toader … Continue reading
Ieud Monastery
Ieud has two distinctive churches. “The Church on the Hill” was built in 1365 and “The Church on the Plain” was built in 1699. Both were built in the Maramuresan style from pine. These old wooden churches contain paintings on the interior walls as well as glass icons. Ieud has the oldest of all the churches … Continue reading
Moldovita Monastery
Ieud has two distinctive churches. “The Church on the Hill” was built in 1365 and “The Church on the Plain” was built in 1699. Both were built in the Maramuresan style from pine. These old wooden churches contain paintings on the interior walls as well as glass icons. Ieud has the oldest of all the churches … Continue reading
Neamt Monastery
Founded in the 14th century as a skete by Petru I Musat, Neamt monastery witnessed many historical events of the nation. Jewel of 15th century architecture, the church was built by Stephen the Great and finished in the year when the Moldavian army won the battle against King Ioan Albert (1497). In that year the … Continue reading
Probota Monastery
The church, dedicated to the name of “Saint Nicholas”, was founded in a solitary region, surrounded by a village. The ruins of this wall are still kept under the name of “The Old Probota”. Then name of the monastery is Slavonic and means brotherhood. The name of Petru Rares is connected with the outstanding paintings which … Continue reading
Putna Monastery
Putna Monastery, was erected between 1466 and 1469, in a period of glory by Stephen the Great (1457 to 1504), who was also buried there. Undoubtedly the church of the Putna monastery was monumental as the masters and painters surpassed their own talent in working there. The chronicler Ion Neculce mentions its beauty and the circumstances under … Continue reading
Rasca Monastery
In 1542 Petru Rares erected over the foundations of this church a stone church, which has been preserved until today and to which a series of modifications were brought throughout the centuries. As it stands today, the church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is of trefoil plan, and it comprises the following divisions: a porch of large … Continue reading
Rozavlea Monastery
When you enter the house you cannot fail to see the beautifully embroidered towels hanging on the walls. The main characteristic of these towels is their unusual decorative spots of red, black or blue on a white background. The first written document mentioning the village is from 1353 when the village was the property of Bogdan of … Continue reading
Sapanta Monastery
The name of Sapanta had a very old wooden church which felt victim to fire but a new one was constructed in 1886 to serve the community. Sapanta is probably the most well known place in Maramures. Sapanta is linked to a unique objective: The Happy Cemetery that is a true original popular art museum. The Merry … Continue reading
Sihastria Monastery
Not far from here was Sihla hermitage (a monks hermitage) as well as the Cave of the Saint Pius Teodora; the coffin with her relics is kept today at the monastery Pecerska-Kiev under the name of “The pious Teodora from Carpathians. Burnt by the Turks in 1821, the church was rebuilt in 1824 from river stone … Continue reading
Sihla Monastery
Here, on a small plateau, is situated Sihla hermitage. In front of the hermitage there are high walls of bare rocks, after which there is a cave where, as the legend says, a girl known by the people under the name of Saint Teodora would have lived for 60 years. Sihla Monastery (Neamt County) – situated on … Continue reading
Sucevita Monastery
The church itself is enclosed by a massive rectangular curtain wall with a pointed tower at each corner and an equally impressive gate tower; it prevented the mural paintings from serious damaging as it happened with frescoes of other painted monasteries. The church has a tall tower on a triple star base and separate conical … Continue reading
Surdesti Monastery
The initial plan included narthex, nave and altar. The Greek-Catholic community of the village that built it, used the church until 1948, when the communist system abolished this cult; between 1948 and 1990 there are mentions only about the Orthodox church, because after 1990 the building is once again the property of the Greek-Catholic cult. … Continue reading
Varatec monastery
The first church at Varatec was a small church built in wood. As the number of nuns grew, the wooden church was replaced by the existing mansory church between 1808-1812, but painting and decoration continued until 1841. The second church, chronologically speaking, to be built as from 1808 was “the Assumption of the Virgin”. It … Continue reading
Voronet Monastery
By the will of a Gracious God, through the prayers of Sf. Pious Daniil the Hermit and the zeal of the good and faithful Voievode Stephen the Great, the Voronet Monastery was raised up, between the 26th of May and the 14th of September in the year 1488, with St. George the Martyr as its … Continue reading