Tourists from all over the country and abroad visit every year, during the Easter period, the monasteries in the Moldovan area and especially from Bucovina.
Florești Monastery. Photo “attractive Romania”
While some places of worship are preferred by visitors, the cultural tourism platform “Attractive Romania“It brings to the foreground, in the Great Week, other objectives on the route of the monasteries in the Moldovan area, for those in search of lesser-known cultural and spiritual treasures.
Most objectives on this route give tourists the unique opportunity to explore both the history, art and culture of some stories, as well as to feel the tranquility of monastic settlements of exceptional importance for Romania.
Humor Monastery. Photo “attractive Romania”
One of the monasteries with extraordinary stories, but less known by the Romanians is the Arbore Monastery, inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage, together with seven other churches in the north of Moldova (Humor, Moldovița, Pătrăuți, Probota, “St. John the Nou” in Suceava, Voronet and Sucevița). Fitted by Luca Arbore, Hatman loyal to Stefan cel Mare, the church was initially a family necropolis and became only recently. The place impresses with the exterior frescoes, by the anti-Ottoman messages and by the Italian vestments of the sixteenth century painted on the walls of the monastery. Built without towers, with a specific architecture of the places built by the boyars, the church miraculously survived the centuries of weather, partially preserving the original painting. In rehabilitation, the monastery regains its brilliance, waiting to be rediscovered through the cultural tourism program “Attractive Romania”.
In the great week, legend places are waiting for visitors
The tree monasterylocated in the heart of Bukovina, is only one of the tourist objectives with an invaluable value on the route of the monasteries in the Moldovan area. The Putna Monastery, the Holy Three Hierarchs Monastery in Iași, the Solca Monastery or the Humor Monastery are well -known by Romanians, believers or simply lovers of culture, history and architecture. However, in addition to the four famous tourist and spiritual objectives, the monasteries’ route in the Moldovan area proposes other places of worship less known to the general public.
Coșula Monastery. Photo “attractive Romania”
Coșula Monasteryfounded in 1535 by the counselor of the ruler Petru Rareș, the Vistiernic Mateiaș, was considered a cultural and spiritual center, because in the monks were made the first translations in Romanian from Herodotus, after the manuscript was brought here precisely from the island of Crete. Inside the monastery we discover special objects today from the time of its founding. Here is a good storage of religious embroidery, made of silk thread with pearls and two rubies, a hand -worked epitrah that once belonged to Angheline, the founder’s wife, as well as a west metal cross.
Also on the route of the monasteries in the Moldovan area is the monastic ensemble from Fâstâci, seated on the highest fish. The place was also called the “wild”, because there would have lived a man withdrawn by the world. It is also said that from here Stefan cel Mare would have started the new battle from the High Bridge.
About Florești Monastery A legend is circulating that, during the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, it was led by the Greek Nile egumen, a man without mercy to those who beat the monastery. The Romanian ruler then set up one of his “incognito” walks. Dressed in a beggar, he beat the monastery gate and asked for hosting. Initially refused, Cuza was then received in the penance room. As Romania-atractiva.ro tells us, the next day, Cuza showed her royal marks and reproached her for the abuses and luxury at the monastery, while simple people had nothing to eat. Subsequently, after the secularization of the Florești Monastery’s assets, Nil had to leave the place only with what he could take in his hands.
Grăjdeni Monastery. Photo “attractive Romania”
origin Grăjdeni Monasteryanother tourist and cultural treasure, is lost in the darkness of history, but the legend says that it was founded by Petru Rareș, right in the place where he stopped one night, on the road from Galati to Suceava, and where he dreamed that the two hills in front were gold and he worshiped him, and he was worshiped. Resuming his way, near Crasna, Petru Rareș was greeted by a mist of riders who brought him the news that the royal couch, in front of the country’s metropolitan, elected ruler of Moldova. As gratitude, on the place where that dream had, Petru Rareș built the church.
18 tourist objectives from five counties, on the route of the monasteries in the Moldovan area
The route of the monasteries in the Moldovan area includes 18 objectives included in the “Attractive Romania” Cultural Tourism Program, most of them being in Suceava county.
The 18 goals are:
In Suceava County:
• The Arbore monastery
• Humor Monastery
• Putna Monastery
• Slatina Monastery
• The Monastery of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul – Solca Monastery
• Râșca Monastery
• Teodoreni Monastery Suceava
In Vaslui County:
• Pârvești Monastery
• Florești Monastery
• Fâstâci Monastery
• Mălinești Monastery
• Dimitrie Cantemir Monastery
• Grăjdeni Monastery
In Iasi County:
• “St. Three Hierarchs” Monastery
• Stavnic Monastery
In Neamț County:
• Church “Good News” of the Church Monastery
• Războieni Monastery
In Botosani County:
• Coșula Monastery
