Noul Neamț Monastery (; ) is an all-male Moldovan Orthodox

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...

located in

Chițcani Chițcani ( mo-Cyrl, Кицкань, ; ; ) is a commune in Căușeni District, in south-eastern Moldova. It consists of the village ''Chițcani'' and two small villages (hamlets), ''Merenești'' and ''Zahorna''. Chițcani is situated to the sout ...

, near Bender and

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. Geographically located in the historical region of Basarabia, it is today controlled by the breakaway

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n 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 () is a Romanian Orthodox Church, 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 architectur ...

in medieval

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

. 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 that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

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 Transnistria.

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
Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Moldova Christian monasteries established in the 19th century Churches in Moldova Churches in Transnistria Religious buildings and structures in Moldova Religious organizations based in Transnistria {{Moldova-stub