Varatec Monastery is one the biggest and most visited nun monastery from Neamt County. The big church of the monastery impresses through the beautiful interior and the original paintings that are still kept until this day.
In the porch of the church there is a big painting of Heaven and Hell that surrounds the stone inscription from where we find the date when the church was built. The narthex is small and decorated with two large icons of Jesus and Mary Mother of Go with Child.
The nave consists of a big …

From the early monastic settlements the abbots organized trade workshops. Their “products” were distributed at other monasteries from the entire Moldova region. The most well known nun monasteries from Neamt County are Agapia and Varatec.
At Varatec Monastery in 1940 there were workshops of religious embroidery and book manufacturing, carpets and weaving, religious painting and decorative art. Many nuns became well known for their skills and were sent to other monasteries to teach their art.
In the museum of the monastery you can see original religious objects, old religious icons, embroideries, carpets …

The ruler Alexandru cel Bun supported the Orthodox Church to become a powerful institution and also created the Episcopate of Roman. He raised the church from Roman at the rank of Episcopate Cathedral. On September 13 2009 with the accord of the High Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church the Episcopate of Roman was raised at the rank of Archiepiscopate of Roman and Bacau.
Inside this religious complex are exposed a series of historical objects that represent true treasures of our past. There a series of embroideries, silver pieces, wood sculptures …

Secu Valley has a special charm and is a place where over time religious settlements were built where hundreds of religious believers come every day. The road that goes to these monasteries is located 12 km from the place where our great writer Ion Creanga was born. After 4 km of old forests and rocks you encounter Secu Monastery, a religious settlement of over 500 years old.
The archeological diggings revealed that the religious life existed here long before Secu Monastery and this proofs the connection with the old Tracic – …

Neamt County is, without doubt, a place of some of the most beautiful religious settlements in Romania. From monuments of Gothic architecture to the Byzantine style, the religious settlements from Neamt County are known for its unique beauty. We invite you to discover three monasteries that are famous for its interior painting.
Agapia Monastery was built in the XVII century with an interior painting made by Nicolae Grigorescu between 1858 and 1861. Although he was only 20 years old when he started to paint the interior of the church, Grigorescu manages …

The Monastery “Schimbarea la fata” from the op of Ceahlau Mountain was built in 1993 through the contribution of believers that wanted a religious settlement on top of this holly mountain. Ceahlau is considered to be the sacred mountain of Romania where many monks lived over time. Every Sunday and on religious holydays the small church from the top of the mountain becomes overcrowded.
From the window of the building where the pilgrims are accommodated you can see the beautiful stone walls and Durau resort. During sunset the stones like Piatra …