Noul Neamț Monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Noul Neamț; russian: Свято-Вознесенский Ново-Нямецкий монастырь) is an all-male
Moldovan Orthodox monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...
located in
Chițcani
Chițcani (russian: Кицканы, Kitskany; uk, Кіцкань, Kitskan) is a commune in Căușeni District, Moldova. It consists of the village ''Chițcani'' and two small villages (hamlets), ''Merenești'' and ''Zahorna''. Chițcani is situa ...
, near
Bender and
Tiraspol
Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...
. Geographically located in the historical region of
Basarabia
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, it is today controlled by the breakaway
Pridnestrovian authorities. It is also known as Chițcani Monastery.
Overview
The name (which means "New Neamț" in English) signifies that the monastery is a successor of the
Neamț 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. ...
in medieval
Moldavia
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.
The monastery was founded in 1861, when several monks from the Neamț monastery left and founded Noul-Neamț in Chițcani. The founding of the new monastery was a protest against the measures taken in
United Principalities of Romania to
confiscate monastery estates and forbid the usage of Slavonic language in worship. At the time, Chițcani, like all of Bessarabia, was part of the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
since 1812.
On 16 May 1962 Soviet authorities closed the monastery; the buildings became a hospital.
The monastery church was reopened in 1989, followed in 1991 by the Romanian-language school for Orthodox priests, under the leadership of
Wincenty Morari, bishop of Bender.
Noul Neamț monastery, article in "Lumea Credinței"
Since 1992, the town is controlled by the internationally not recognised state of Pridnestrovie.
Gallery
Image:Kitskany-8.jpg
Image:Sc0016f2c2.png, Carving in a tree on the territory of the monastery
Image:Kitskany-9.jpg
Image:Stamp of Moldova 438.gif, 1997 stamp
References
External links
The official websiteMănăstirea "Înălțarea Domnului", Noul Neamț
at ortodoxia.md
at crestinortodox.ro
Chițcani Monastery
Christian monasteries in Moldova
19th-century Christian monasteries
Churches in Moldova
Churches in Transnistria
Religious buildings and structures in Moldova
Religious organizations based in Transnistria
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