- Solca village, Suceava County.
Luca Arbore, one general of Stephen the Great, built Arbore
Monastery between the 2nd of April and the 29th
of August 1503. It has remarkable fresco exterior and
interior paintings made by Dragos Coman from Iasi. Now it is
only a church. Dedication day: “Beheading of Saint John the Baptist”, 29
August.
- Balinesti commune, Suceava County. The Tautu adviser made build in 1493 on his property located at
edge of Siret, an imposing church with obvious influence of
the Renaissance. This one is one of the monuments today most
representative of the time of Stephen the Great. Now it is only a church.
- Radauti town, Suceava County.
Voievode Bogdan I founded Bogdana Monastery, convent for
monks, after 1359 on the place of a wooden church. A mural
painting is kept in the altar, dating from the XV century.
Necropolis of the Musatins and former Episcopal residence,
it was suppressed by the Austrians and reactivated in 1992.
Dedication days: “Saint Nicholas”, 6 December and “Saint Leontie from Radauti”,
1 July.
- Dragomirna commune, Suceava County.
Dragomirna Monastery, convent for nuns, was founded by
Metropolitan Bishop Anastasie Crimca and the Great
Chancellor Luca Stroici, at the beginning of the 17th
century. It is the first monastery where the exterior
painting is replaced with sculpture in rock (floral and
geometric patterns). The interior mural paintings are
preserved until today. Dedication day: "The Descent of the Holy Spirit", the eighth Sunday after Easter.
- Humor village, Suceava County.
Humor Monastery, convent for nuns, has been build by Chancellor
Teodor Bubuiog in 1530. It was painted by Toma of Suceava at
1535. The steeple was raised by Vasile Lupu in 1641. The
monastery have been declared UNESCO monument and reactivated
in 1990. Dedication day: “Saint George”, 23 April.
- Vatra Moldovitei commune, Suceava County.
Petru Rares founded Moldovita Monastery in 1532. Monastic life at
Moldovita was interrupted in 1785 and the monastery’s life
restarted in 1932, with the arrival of a community of nuns.
After the restoration, between 1954-1960, the Moldovita
Monastery has been declared UNESCO monument.
Dedication day: “Feast of the Annunciation”, 25 March.
- Patrauti commune, Suceava County.
This church leaves Stephan the Great in 1487, the smallest of all
them construction monastic, and the single one intended to
be a monastery of éclairs, and one hearth for the soldiers
wounded with the combat. Now it is
only a church. Dedication day:
“Elevation of Holly Croix”, 14 September.
- Dolhasca commune, Suceava County.
Petru Rares founded Probota Monastery, convent for nuns, in 1530
in place of an old wooden church from the 14th
century. It is among the first Moldavian churches painted
both inside and outside. Necropolis of rulers (here we find
tombs of Petru Rares, Lady Elena and other family members).
Religious activity was suspended in 1864 but reactivated in
1990. Dedication day: “Saint Nicholas”, 6 December.
- Putna commune, Suceava County.
Putna is a monastery for monks, founded by Stephan the Great in
1466-1469. The church was rebuild in 1662 by Vasile Lupu and
restored several times (last time during 1966-1988). The
tomb of Stephan the Great is in the monastery’s church. Ten
kilometer from monastery, there is Daniil Sihastru
Hermitage. The ceremonials here comply with the ones from
the Holly Mountain (divine services are performed only at
night – women are not allowed). Dedication day: “Assumption of the
Virgin”, 15 August.
- Rasca commune, Suceava County.
Petru Rares founded Rasca Monastery, convent for monks, in 1542. The
external walls have been painted by Stamatello Cotronas
(1552) and are enough preserved well on the southern
frontage. The Monastery have been declared UNESCO monument.
Dedication day: “Saint Nicholas”, 6 December.
- Slatina commune, Suceava county.
Slatina Monastery, convent for nuns, was founded by Alexander Lapusneanu (1558).
Dedication day: “The Transfiguration”, 6 August.
- Sucevita commune, Suceava County.
Sucevita Monastery, convent for nuns, was founded by
Metropolitan Bishop Gheorghe Movila and his brothers in
1586. It is the last church from Bucovina, painted on the front sides and having the greatest number of religious
images in the country, a true “testament of the old
Moldavian art” (Paul Henry). The museum of the monastery has
one of the biggest and most precious collections of
mediaeval art in Moldavia: the tomb covers of Voivodes
Ieremia and Simion Movila, the epitaph with 10000 pearls,
the silver casket with Lady Elisabeta’s hair. Dedication
day: “The Lord’s Ascension”, Easter.
- Voronet village, Suceava County. Voronet monastery is convent for nuns, founded by Stephan the Great
in 1488. The paintings from inside where performed during
Stephen’s the Great reign, and the paintings from outside
where performed during Petru Rares’s reign (1534-1535).
These painting are characterized by special color that is
known as “Voronet Blue”. The monastery is regarded as “the
Sixtine Chapel of Orient”. Dedication day: St. George, 23 April.