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Moldovita Monastery - its dedication day is
The Feast of the Annunciation". It houses nuns.
in the Vatra Moldovitei commune, in the
district of Suceava, 22 km north of Câmpulung Moldovenesc.
The old monastery was built in wood in the 14-th century, at
about 500 m away from the present one, at the confluence of the rivers Ciumarna and
Moldovița. The monastery was rebuilt in stone under the reign of Alexandru cel Bun
(the Kind-hearted) in 1402 and recorded in 1410 under the name of "the new
monastery", preserved until 1860.
was reconstructed in stone by Prince Petru
Rareș, surrounded by 6m high walls, with defense towers, in the traditional Moldavian
architectural style.
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The
Church of the Holy Monastery
of
Moldovita |
dated back from 1537 and were painted by Toma
of Suceava, well preserved, except on the north side. There are also biblical scenes
and Christian iconography with scenes in the local Moldavian life and images of the fight
against the Ottomans.
dates from 1610 1612, it is today a museum sheltering
imperial icons from 1779, ivory-inlaid yew pews from the 16-th 18-th centuries, the
epitaph from 1484 and the one donated by Prince Stephen the Great and Holy in 1491.
The monastery was in possession of several precious ecclesiastical objects, now scattered:
the "Four Gospels" on gilded parchment, in Church Slavonic and Greek, given to
the Moldovita by Prince Alexandru cel Bun, can be found today in the Oxford Library, the
"Four Gospels" on parchment bestowed by the Pious Prince Stephen the Great
and Holy, now in the History Museum in Moscow, manuscripts from the 14-th and 15-th
centuries, now at the Dragomirna Monastery
There are
possibilities of accommodation in the peasants houses, in the village.
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