In a pitoresque forested area , 40 km from Chisinau-is the oldest monasteries in Moldova, Capriana. It was established in 1429 and was for a long time the residence for Moldova’s Metropolitan. Staring with 1429 Capriana becomes a royal monastery where the most famous builders were working and kept with generosity the spirituality of Romanian orthodoxy.
This monastic overall includes 3 churches, two-floor house, cells and ou...
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In the first decades after the founding, in 1359, of the country of Moldova, historical documents attested the existence of a monastery dedicated to the Assumption in the forests of Lăpuşnia. The place chosen for its construction was clearing near the river Vâsnevat. It laid the foundation of a peaceful and saint settlement, for prayer and work, in the next century, we find it mentioned as the "Monastery of Cyprian" or "Capriana Monastery”.
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