Monasteries of ARGES

The Metropolitanate of Muntenia and Dobrogea
The Diocese of Arges and Muscel
 
Corbii de Piatra  Cotmeana  Curtea de Arges  Namaesti  Negru Voda  Slanic

CORBII DE PIATRA  Monastery - Corbi commune, Arges County.
Convent for monks. The church of the Corbii de Piatra (Stone Ravens) Monastery is a historical monument that dates back to the 16th century.
Dedication day: “Holy Apostles Peter and Paul”, 29 June.

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COTMEANA  Monastery - Cotmeana commune, Arges County.
Cotmeana Monastery, convent for monks, was founded by Radu I and his sons, Dan I and Mircea the Old, between 1387-1389.
Dedication day: “Feat of the Annunciation”, 25 March.

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CURTEA DE ARGES  Monastery - Curtea de Arges city, Arges county.
Neagoe Basarab founded Curtea de Arges Monastery, convent for monks, in 1517. Painted by Dobromir, during the reign of Radu from Afumati in 1526, Neagoe Basarab’s, Lady Despina’s, Kings Carol’s I, Ferdinand and queens Elisabeta’s and Maria’s tombs are to be found in the pronaos.
Dedication day: “Assumption of the Virgin”, 15 August.

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NAMAESTI  Monastery - Valea Mare Pravat commune, Arges county.
Convent for nuns, dated from the 16th century. The Holy Virgin's icon, whose frame was silvered by Enache Postelnicu in 1778, is to be found in this church.
Dedication days: “The Holy Virgin's Entering the Church”, 21 November, and “The Curing Spring”, the first Friday after Easter.

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NEGRU VODA  Monastery - Campulung city, 64 Negru Voda street, Arges county.
Convent for monks, founded by Radu Negru Voivode in 1215, rebuilt by Basarab I and finished by Nicholas Alexander Basarab. All the founders were buried here.
Dedication day: “Assumption of the Virgin”, 15 August.

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SLANIC  Monastery - Aninoasa commune, Slanic village,  Arges county.
Convent for monks, founded during Vlad Tepes's reign. Suppressed after 1864, it is restored in 1922 by hieromonk Isidor Ghimpeteanu, reactivated in 1992.
Dedication day: “The Holy Virgin's Birthday”, 8 September.

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