Voronet Monastery - its saint patron is
"St. Gheorghe". It houses nuns.
in Voronet , a part of Gura Humorului town, in the district
of Suceava, 5 km south west of Gura Humorului, 36 km east of Câmpulung Moldovenesc and
41km south west of Suceava
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The Voronet Monastery |
The monastery was founded by Stefan cel Mare si Sfant
prince a resized in 1547 by Grigorie Rosca Metropolitan. The architecture of the
"Moldavian style of the epoch" has gothical’s decorations and elements.
were in fresco; the pictures from the altar and the nave
are owing to Grigorie Rosca Metropolitan (1547); the pictures from the threshold
and the pre-nave’s exterior walls are owing to Teofan Metropolitan (1550).
The external pictures are on the special color - "albastru de Voronet" (the
Voronet’s blue color), which was made by Marcu pristav.
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The Voronet Monastery |
The monastery accommodates many valuable objects,
two old icons since Stefan cel Mare si Sfant period, the icons since 16th
and 17th centuries. In the church are the relics of Daniil Sihastru and Grigore
Rosca Metropolitan’s shrine.
The monastery is an UNESCO monument, declared in the
catalogue of "the great world’s monuments".
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