We are preparing to welcome the Easter holidays by keeping Lent, which lasts 48 days and starts immediately after the Sunday of Forgiveness, as it is written in the Orthodox calendar. There are some habits that are held pending this holiday. Lent is the way that is encountered the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter Feast.
The first day after Pancake Day is called Clean Monday, when, long ago, old women wove cloth from which the shirts were worn by Easter. Also on this day, is used to purify the place where people …

Near the monastery Horaiţa, a few hundred meters, on the uphill road is Horaicioara Hermitage or Horaicioara Veche, that exists there since 1466, as recorded document mention in the porch of the church. Beause the hermitage had no church, at the behest of Prince Stephen the Great in 1480, is built, the first church (wooden) dedicated to the Annunciation. After more than 400 years, at the Hermitage, a stone church was built (1868), in which is found the miraculous icon of Our Lady, one of the wonders being the emergence of a …

In Piatra Neamt, in the room Calistrat Hogaş of County Council, held on 31st of March 2015 at 18.00, Paschal Harmonies show, organized by Neamt County Council through Carmen Saeculare Cultural Centre in partnership with Cultural Associations Amena Studio and Pro Valores. The show has had as protagonists the actress of Bulandra Theatre, Daniela Nane, the talented pianist Maria Lupaşcu, concert soloist of Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Ploiesti, along with guitarist musician, Costin Soare, professor at the University of Music in Bucharest (classical guitar). Artists offered to present public ensouled of art, beauty …

        On Monday, April 6th 2015. Orthodox Christian believers entered into Holy Week and after a few warm days, there came the cold and snow. Those are the Crone Dochia days, as they say, and we can remember the legend of Dochia that could start from such an old reality for over 2000 years.
If you are already at the cottage Izvorul Muntelui and climb Ceahlău on the route with blue triangle to Dochia Chalet, you will see on the way white cliffs scattered around a white stone, the …

How many gold and silver jewels of inestimable value were stolen by the Ottoman besiegers and other predators from our churches and monasteries throughout hundreds of years, we cannot know, since they were melted and turned into “rascal” silver and gold. Nuns and monks of those places have worked with accuracy others and more beautiful, hardworking and skillful with their hands, and today we can admire them in the monastery museums.
Treasure from the Agapia Monastery highlights artistic activities cultivated here over the centuries, such as: embroidery, plasty metal, the art …

   In Văratec Monastery Museum, founded in 1960, are preserved a large number of authentic charters, such as acts of donation and strengthening, religious books, manuscripts and old books used in the monastery, as well as books of religious literature. Many precious jewels, embroidery, silver objects illustrating life held inside the monastery, are highlighted in the collection of objects of historical and artistic significance that we can admire in the halls of the museum. Thus, in the halls of the museum are stored objects of worship in gilded silver, or gold, wonderful old …

Yew reserve from Pângăraţi is one of the three reserves of its kind in our country, representing a wooded area with a protective role for yew tree species (about 500 copies) in the area of ​​2 hectares. Located in a landslide area, in reserve were made afforestation to strengthen, so we’ll also find mixed in with species of fir, pine, spruce, beech, hornbeam, juniper, carp, corn and peanuts. Reserve contains specimens of yew, aged over 80 years and there seems to be a specimen that has reached over 500 years old! Yew, which …