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List Of Romanian Orthodox Monasteries
A list of Romanian Orthodox monasteries, predominantly located in present-day Romania. Argeș County * Curtea de Argeș Monastery * *Negru Vodă Monastery *Trivale Monastery Bucharest * Antim Monastery *Cașin Monastery *Christiana Monastery * Mihai Vodă Monastery * Radu Vodă Monastery *Stavropoleos Monastery * Dâmbovița County * Bâldana Monastery * Bunea Monastery * Cobia Monastery * Dealu Monastery * Doicești Monastery * Nucet Monastery * Pătroaia Deal Monastery * Peștera Ialomicioarei Monastery * Săcuieni Monastery * Stelea Monastery * Viforâta Monastery Ilfov County * Căldăruşani Monastery * Cernica Monastery *Pasărea Monastery * Sămurcășești Monastery * Sitaru Monastery * Snagov Monastery Neamț County * Agapia Monastery * Văratec Monastery * Neamț Monastery Suceava County * Bogdana Monastery *Dragomirna *Humor Monastery * Moldovița Monastery * Putna Monastery *Sucevița Monastery *Voroneț Monastery Unsorted * Adam Monastery * Afteia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Orthodox
The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 1925, the church's Primate bears the title of Patriarch. Its jurisdiction covers the territories of Romania and Moldova, with additional dioceses for Romanians living in nearby Serbia and Hungary, as well as for diaspora communities in Central and Western Europe, North America and Oceania. It is the only autocephalous church within Eastern Orthodoxy to have a Romance language for liturgical use. The majority of Romania's population (16,367,267, or 85.9% of those for whom data were available, according to the 2011 census data), as well as some 720,000 Moldovans, belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church sometimes refer to Orthodox Christian doctrine as ''Dreapta cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peștera Ialomicioarei Monastery
Peștera (, meaning "the cave" in Romanian) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja Northern Dobruja ( ro, Dobrogea de Nord or simply ; bg, Северна Добруджа, ''Severna Dobrudzha'') is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania. It lies between the lower Danube river and the Black Sea, bordered in the south ..., Romania. It includes five villages: *Peștera *Ivrinezu Mare *Ivrinezu Mic *Izvoru Mare (historical name: ''Mamut-Cuius'', tr, Mamutkuyusu) *Veteranu (historical name: ''Idris-Cuius'', tr, İdriskuyusu) Demographics At the 2011 census, Pestera had 3,178 Romanians (99.28%), 18 Turks (0.56%), 4 Tatars (0.12%), 1 others (0.03%). References Communes in Constanța County Localities in Northern Dobruja {{Constanţa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdana Monastery
Bogdana Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in the town of Rădăuți, northern Romania. Its church is the oldest still standing religious building in Moldavia. The monastery was built by Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359–1365) sometime around 1360. Burials It was to become his and some the Mușatini voievodes necropolis. Here are buried all the rulers of Moldavia from Bogdan I to Alexandru cel Bun. There are ten graves inside the monastery's church: * seven in the naos: ** Bogdan I (in the south-eastern corner) ** Lațcu Voievod (besides the same wall as Bogdan I) ** an unmarked grave supposedly Maria's–Bogdan I's wife, or Ana's–Lațcu's wife; the grave is at ground level and not above it as the other ones ** Ștefan I (on the northern wall) ** Roman I (on the northern wall) ** Bogdan, brother of Alexander the Good (on the northern wall) ** Bogdan, son of Alexander the Good (on the northern wall) * three in the pronaos: ** Doamna Stana, wife of Bogdan III cel Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NeamÈ› Monastery
The Neamț Monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Neamț) is a Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval Moldavian architecture. A jewel of 15th-century architecture, the church was built during the reign of Stephen III of Moldavia (1457–1504) and finished in the year when the Moldavian army won the battle against King John I Albert of Poland (1497). Location The monastery is located in the north-eastern part of Romania, in Neamț County, 10 km west of Târgu Neamț. It is accessible by car (DN 15B road) and train (Târgu Neamț railway station); the nearest airport is Suceava, located about 60 km to the north. Architecture Sumptuous, with delicate colour effects, the monastery shows the maturity of the Moldavian architectonic style, which matured during Ștefan cel Mare's period. The façade of the church is covered with decorations characteristic of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Văratec Monastery
Văratec Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox women's monastery located in north-eastern part of the country, in Văratec village, Agapia Commune, Neamț County. It is situated at 12 km from Târgu Neamț and 40 km from Piatra Neamț. It is the largest community of nuns in Romania, with more than 400 nuns living there. The monastery was founded in 1785 by Schema nun Olimpiada, with her confessor, Father Iosif. In this work, mother Olimpiada was guided by Father Paisius Velichkovsky, hegumen of Neamț Monastery. The monastery was set under the guidance of Agapia Monastery, which was close by, and afterwards the Monastery became an independent monastery in 1839. Massive stone walls enclose the main church, "The Dormition of the Virgin Mary," the abbot's building and the administrative buildings (in the northern side of the enclosure) and the monastery's Museum, where the "Queen Mary" workshop used to be (in the building on the south side). The monastic precinct is surrounded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snagov Monastery
Snagov (population: 7,272) is a commune, located north of Bucharest, in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. According to the 2011 census, 92% of the population is ethnic Romanian. The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermănești, Snagov, Tâncăbești, and Vlădiceasca. Snagov is a tourist and spa resort, but the necessary infrastructure has regressed after 1989. Name The name "Snagov" is probably of Slavic origin, either from the word ''sneg'' (meaning "snow") or ''snaga'' (meaning "strength"). Geography Snagov is located on the Wallachian Plain, on the shore of Lake Snagov (biggest natural lake in Romania: 600 hectares; 2¼ sq. mi., 16 km; 10 miles long), which is still partially surrounded by old oak forest (remnants of Codrii Vlăsiei). History Antiquity Archaeologists confirmed human presence of inhabitants since 400 BC. Early Medieval history and the feudal estate Snagov village was built around Lake Snagov and Snagov Monastery, founded in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasărea Monastery
Pasărea may refer to the following places in Romania: * Pasărea, a village in Frumușani Commune, Călărași County * Pasărea, a village in Brănești Commune, Ilfov County * Pasărea, a tributary of the Cernat in Buzău County * Pasărea (Dâmbovița), a tributary of the Dâmbovița in Ilfov and Călărași Counties * Pasărea (Danube), a tributary of the Danube in Teleorman County * Pasărea (Parapanca), a tributary of the Parapanca in Giurgiu County {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cernica Monastery
Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta and Tânganu. The commune lent its name to the Cernica Monastery, an early 17th-century Orthodox monastery in the nearby town of Pantelimon. The name is also given to the Cernica Forest, the largest wooded area around Bucharest. The name of the commune is derived from the name of the vornic Cernica Știrbei Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta and Tânganu. The commune lent its name to the Cer ... and is of Slavic origin, meaning "black". References Communes in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia {{Ilfov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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