Secu Monastery is located 22 km from Targu Neamt. The religious complex is near Secu brook on the foot of Vasan mountain . This monastery looks like a medieval city with thick walls of stone and defense towers.
Year of the construction: 1602 by Nestor Ureche – the father of Grigore Ureche
Address: village Vanatori, Neamt County, postal code 617500
Tel: +(40) 233 25 18 62
The Patron of Secu Monastery: “Taierea capului Sfantului Ioan Botezatorul – The heading of John the Baptist” (29 August)
Web: http://secu.mmb.ro/
Short history of Secu Monastery
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Location: You can reach Petru Voda Monastery by following the road DN 15 B from Poiana Teiului towards Targu Neamt. From Valea Largului there is a 10 km dirt road that goes to Petru Voda monastery. The pilgrims that reached Bicaz by train can also travel by bus.
Address: sat Petru-Vodă, village Poiana Teiului
Tel: +(40) 233 25 70 03 or +(40) 233 25 84 73
Fax: +(40) 233 25 72 57
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:www.petruvoda.ro
The Patron of Petru Voda Monastery: “Sfinţii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavril – Archangels Michael and Gabriel ” (8 November)
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Location: Pangarati monastery is situated near the road DN15 (National Road number 15) that links the towns Piatra Neamt and Bicaz, near the hydroelectric from Stejaru.
Address: Pangarati village, Neamt County, postal code 617305
Tel: +(40) 233 24 03 37
Fax: +(40) 233 24 05 02
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:www.teofil.ro
Patron of Pangarati Monastery: Sfantul Mare Mucenic Dimitrie (St Dimitrie)
Year of construction: 1560 by ruler Alexandru Lapusneanu
Short history of Pangarati Monastery
Pangarati Monastery is first mentioned at the beginning of the XV century in the year 1460 when the monk Simeon, which was one of the advisers …
Location: Agapia Veche Hermitage is situated at 2 km from Agapia Monastery. This is one of the oldest religious settlements from Moldavia.
Address: sat Monastery Agapia, village Agapia, Neamt County, postal code 617010
Patron of the monastery: “Schimbarea la Fata a Domnului – The Changing of the Face – of Jesus” (6 August)
Short history
Agapia Veche Hermitage is located on a hill at approximately 2 km from the Monastery Agapia and this is the birth point of the religious life in this area. Here, in the second half of the XIV century, some …
Location: Neamt Monastery is located in Vanatori village, at 15 km north-west from Targu Neamt in a place near the brook Nemtisor, surrounded by green hills.
Year of the Construction: Many rulers made their contributions to Neamt monastery: Petru Muşat, Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) and Ştefan cel Mare (Stefan the Great)
Address: village Vanatori, Neamt County
Tel: +(40) 233 25 15 80 and +(40) 745 82 31 79
Fax: +(40) 233 25 15 87
The Patron of the Monastery: “Inaltarea Domnului – The Rising of Jesus” celebrated at 40 days after Ester
Web: http://neamt.mmb.ro/
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Location: Horaita Monastery is located at an altitude of 600 m, not far from Horaiciorul mountain, near the east side of Stanisoarei mountain from the Oriental Carpathians. Horaita Monastery can be reached either by car or by walking. To reach the monastery you can go on DN15C (the road that connects the towns Piatra Neamt and Targu Neamt) and make a turn in Dobreni village from where you have to go another 15 km on the road 156A through the villages Negresti and Poiana.
Address: Poiana village, Cracaoani …
Location: Durau monastery is located in Durau resort at 88 km north-west of Piatra Neamt and 65 km of Targu Neamt. At 5 km from the monastery there is Duruitoarea waterfall, which also it’s said that gave the name of the place.
Address: Durau Resort, Ceahlau village, Neamt County, postal code 617130
Tel: +(40) 233 42 83 91
Patron of Durau Monastery: “Buna Vestire” (March 25) (“Buna Vestire” means the good news and it celebrates the news about the birth of Jesus)
Year of construction: built between 1830-1835 by few monks helped by Safta …