The building of “St Joan the Baptizer” Church from Piatra Neamt started in 1866 when the priest Lazarescu wanted to build a new church in Maratei neighborhood. Many people made substantial donations and as a result the church was built of stone in a Byzantine style with an ossuary at the basement.
From an architectural stand point the church has a club shape and it has all the compartments of an Orthodox church: porch, narthex, nave and altar. The church has 9 windows on its walls and 12 windows on its …

The Cathedral “St Teodora from Sihla” is located in the inner court of Sihastria Monastery and it’s dedicated to St Teodora that lived in Sihla Mountains and was canonized as a saint in 1992. The monks from Sihastria built this church with the intention to bring here the holy relics of St Teodora that are now in Kiev.
The construction began in 1995 with the help of Orthodox believers and pilgrims and ended in 2005. The painting of the cathedral is made in a fresco style and was realized by monks …

“Nasterea Sf Ioan Botezatorul” Church from Varatec Monastery was built in 1817 and its first destination was as church of the cemetery where they performed the religious services for the dead. In time the village of nuns grew and the cemetery became too small: so they moved it and the church became a place where the nuns performed the usual daily religious service. The church is located on a small hill at about 150 m from the monastery. Initially the church was made out of wood but in 1844 the …

“Adormirea Maicii Domnului” means “The Death of St Mary Mother of Jesus”. This church from Agapia Monastery represents the secondary church of the monastery. The building is located a few meters away from the monastery, outside its walls, among the houses that belong to the nuns.
With a beautiful architecture, the wooden church was built with three towers each with an octagonal shape. We don’t know exactly when this church was built but the historians are placing the “birth” of this religious settlement either in the XVIII century or in the …

Secu Monastery is an old religious settlement from Neamt County that has almost 500 years. In its early years, the monastery was located on the property of Neamt Stronghold, on the valley of Secu Creek. Here, in this place, in 1530 the ruler Petru Musat built the church of Zosima Hermitage. The church that was destroyed in the fire from 1821 was located on the place where today we can visit the cemetery’s church from Secu Monastery.
The present day church was built in 1832 and it’s known as the Church …

The wooden church from Farcasa is considered to be one of the most “gifted” from the entire Neamt County and it differentiate itself from other churches through the wealth of its ornaments that are “talking” about the diversity of folk traditional creations from this area. This church was built in 1774 following a plan in which the altar was under a dome and where a small porch in the south side had the bell tower on top of it.
What’s impressive at this monument of art and architecture is the original …