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ANTIM Monastery

Bucharest municipality, 29 Antim Street. Convent for monks.
Dedication day: “The Sunday of all Saints”, 26 June.

Saint Antim Ivireanul founded the monastery, which was constructed between 1713 and 1715. As architecture, artistic conception and ornamental patterns, the church is characteristic of the trefoil architectural style that flourished during the reign of Constantin Brancoveanu Voivode.

The defining feature of this style is the apsidal plan, consisting of three apses that are placed across from the church entrance - one of them above the altar, and the other two above the lateral sides of the naos.
The iconostasis (altar screen) is unique in the religious art of Romania; its uniqueness resides in the fact that it was carved out of stone and embellished with sculptured decoration. This fine piece is attributed to Saint Antim Ivireanul who also devises the richly ornamented door of the church.
In 1797, a theological school was accommodated within the monastery. After 1836, the holy establishment housed the Theological Seminary of the Metropolitanate of Walachia, whereas between 1840 and 1864, it sheltered the National State Archives of Romania.
In 1912, within the monastery there was constructed the Palace of Synod, inside which, now, is accommodated the Library of Synod. The holy establishment underwent extensive repairs and restorations in the fifties, under the earnest care of Justinian, the Patriarch of Orthodox Church of Romania at that time.
Following the systematization works that were carried out in this area on the orders of the communist authorities in 1984, the Palace of Synod was removed twenty-five meters away from its original location, being rotated by thirteen degrees.

On 20^th, June 1992, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decreed canonization of the founder of the monastic establishment, Antim Ivireanul, Metropolitan of Walachia (between 1708 and1716), a religious figure in the highest moral rank and an outstanding cultural personality. The dedication day of Saint Antim is celebrated on September 27^th.
At the end of the year 1945, within the monastery precincts there was constituted a religious society, which was known under the name of "Rugul Aprins" (The Burning Bush); the monastic residents, as well as prestigious intellectuals (professors, writers, composers, painters, students), joined with a view to pursuing significant religious matters - particularly the hesitant religious movement. Unfortunately, the communist security authorities dissolved "The Burning Bush" Religious Society in 1950, and consequently, many of its members were arrested and sentenced to hard labor in the communist prisons for many years.

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