Top 7 Churches & Monasteries in Moldova

Top 7 Churches & Monasteries in Moldova
Location: Republic of Moldova (East Europe)
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MOLDOVA REMAINED A CHRISTIAN NATION EVEN AFTER HALF A CENTURY OCCUPATION BY THE USSR
90.1% OF THE POPULATION NOMINALLY IS EASTERN ORTHODOX (2014 CENSUS)
1. CAPRIANA MONASTERY (~1429)
FOUNDED BY MOLDOVAN RULER “STEFAN THE GREAT”
HOME TO THE BIGGEST CONVENT LIBRARY IN MOLDOVA
CLOSED DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD, IT WAS ONLY REOPENED AGAIN IN 1989
2. WOODEN CHURCH, CHISINAU (~1642)
-OLDEST RELIGIOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENT IN MOLDOVA
-BUILD FROM OAK TREES OF MOLDOVAN CODRI
-THE LARGEST WOODEN CHURCH IN THE COUNTRY, TOPPING AT 27 METERS (89 FT)
3. HANCU MONASTERY (~1678)
IT WAS BUILD AS A CONVENT FOR NUNS
1956 TO 1990 THE CONVENT WAS CLOSED BY THE SOVIETS, INSTEAD IT FUNCTIONED AS A SANATORIUM FOR THE HEALTH MINISTRY
IN 1990 THE CONVENT WAS REOPENED, AND NOW IT CAN BE VISITED DAILY
4. CURCHI MONASTERY (~1773)
-IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1773-1775 AND BECAME ONE OF THE RICHEST AND LARGEST MONASTERIES IN MOLDOVA.
-HAS THE HIGHEST DOME IN MOLDOVA, RISING TO A HEIGHT OF 57 METERS (187 FT)
5. TIPOVA MONASTERY (~1776)
BIGGEST ORTHODOX CAVE MONASTERY IN EASTERN EUROPE
IN ANCIENT TIMES (IV-III C. BC) A GETO-DACIAN FORTRESS STOOD IN THE GROUNDS. ITS REMAINS ARE STILL VISIBLE.
6. SAHARNA MONASTERY (~1777)
EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROCKY HILLS AND FORESTS WITH 30 CASCADES & WATERFALLS
-IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE WITH THE REMAINS FROM THE IRON AGE (X-VIII C. BC)
7. METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL, CHISINAU (~1830)
THE PRINCIPAL CATHEDRAL OF THE MOLDOVAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
THE CATHEDRAL WAS BUILT TO A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN BY ABRAM MELNIKOV
THE BELL TOWER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1836, BUT WAS DESTROYED AFTER WWII AND REBUILT IN 1997
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amazing video of the Moldovan Churches & Monasteries, with great aerial cinematography! #ExploreMoldova #VisitMoldova #BeOurGuestAgain

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THANKS GOD COMMUNISM IS GONE BUT GOD IS ALIVE MORE THAN EVER AMIN

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Roamin Catholic church is lost here in Ireland

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Does anyone know how you can stay there

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Try to find the church online and call them! Some of them might even speak English :)