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Dragomirna Monastery – Fortified Spirituality
Inside, only the shrine and the nave are decorated with fresco and it has not been established yet whether the narthex and the porch had also been painted at a certain point in Dragomirna’s history. The interior decorations are the result of a combination between Orthodox iconographic rules and the minuteness specific to the art of miniature Anastasie Crimca was so fond of. The iconostasis is very tall and impressive and it was brought from the Solca Monastery in the XVIIIth century. One of the tombstones inside the church is very old and it is dedicated to the ancient Greek Epicrates (II B.C.), but now marks the resting place of master Dima, the presumed architect of Dragomirna. Anastasie Crimca is supposed to have been buried under the simple white tombstone that can be found in the narthex.
After the year 1620, because of the permanent threats of the Turks, Tatars, Polish and Russians, the Moldavian ruler Miron Barnovschi (1626-1629, April-June 1633), decided to provide the monastery with solid stone walls. They have a rectangular shape, they are 11 m high, and they have rectangular towers at their edges and a “paraclis” (a bell tower with a gate) on which the builders proudly carved a large emblem of Moldavia, with the head of an aurochs.
In 1767, the Empress Catherine II of Russia donated to the Monastery a crystal chandelier (which can be admired inside Dragomirna’s museum) and an enormous bell, called the “Zaporojan”, weighing over 1 100 kg, that can be seen and heard in the belfry.
In 1960, Dragomirna became a nun monastery and it was thoroughly restored between 1965 and 1976.
The museum hosts an impressive collection of miniature decorated manuscripts, religious artifacts, among which a painted candle that was used to the monastery’s consecration, and several embroideries.
From the 15th of April until the 15th of October the Dragomirna Monastery can offer accommodations to Romanian and foreign tourists in a special building called Arhondaric (which has rooms with 2 or 8 beds).
Author: Iulian Fira
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One Comment to “Dragomirna Monastery – Fortified Spirituality”
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I liked this article and I found it very helpfull. I’m currently visiting Romania, I’m in Cluj-Napoca and I’m planning of visiting Bucovina and Moldova I’m fascinated with the Eastern European contries and I think they should get more attention: It’s very likely that they will become top touristic destinations. By the way, I found a video that depicts (although very poorly) exactly this part of your country. I hope you don’t mind me posting it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSvqe7h3Mk
Anyway, great website, you provided me a lot of helpfull information!
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