Vorona Monastery is an Orthodox Monastery in Romania, situated on the territory of
Vorona
''Vorona'' ( ; Malagasy for "bird", ''V. berivotrensis'', "from Berivotra") is a monotypic genus of prehistoric birds. It was described from fossils found in a Maevarano Formation quarry near the village of Berivotra, Mahajanga Province, Madag ...
commune (
Botoșani County
Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neigbhouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the capital town ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) at Botoșani.
De ...
). It is set amidst a forest 2 km away from Vorona village. It is listed as a
historic monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
by Romania's
Ministry of Culture and National Identity.
[Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Botoșani din anul 2015]
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See also
*Teoctist Arăpașu
Teoctist (, born Toader Arăpașu, 7 February 1915 – 30 July 2007) was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007.
Teoctist served his first years as patriarch under the Romanian Communist regime, and was accused by som ...
References
* *** - ''"România - Harta mănăstirilor"'' (Ed. Amco Press, 2000)
* Gh. Ciobotaru - ''"Istoria m-rii Vorona"'', teză de licență, Institutul Teologic București, 1948
* Nicolae Iorga
Nicolae Iorga (; sometimes Neculai Iorga, Nicolas Jorga, Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga, born Nicu N. Iorga;Iova, p. xxvii. 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet ...
- ''"O m-re de cărturari: Vorona"'', în "Buletinul Comisiunii Monumentelor Istorice", annul XXV (1933), p. 120.
* Mitropolia Moldovei și Sucevei - ''"Monumente istorice bisericești din Mitropolia Moldovei și Sucevei"'' (Ed. Mitropoliei Moldovei și Sucevei, Iași, 1974), p. 361-362
* Al. Simionescu - ''"Mănăstirea Vorona"'', în "Revista Moldovei", annul I (1921), nr. 3–4, p. 20-25, nr. 6, p. 8-17, nr. 6, p. 13-20, nr. 9, p. 18-24, nr. 11, p. 11-15, nr. 12, p. 26-28, 1922, nr. 3–4, p. 38-40, nr. 6, p. 22-29, nr. 7, p. 20-30, și Botoșani, 1922, 67 p. + 7 pl.
* Gh. D. Vasiliu - ''"Sihăstria Voronei. Însemnări monografice"'', în "Mitropolia Moldovei", 1943, nr. 3–4, p. 116-120.
External links
Official website
Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Botoșani County
Historic monuments in Botoșani County
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