It is a great historical monument, a sample of remarkable religious architecture. The church has been established during 1648-1649, by the Walachian Prince, Matei Basarab.

The architectural complex consists of: the bell tower, the church, the main house, the monk rooms and the high double walls of the monastery.

The history of the Negoiesti Monastery has strong influence over the history of Walachia. During the reign of Prince Matei Basarab, Negoiesti manner has been the summer residence of Walachia.

The church was renewed in 1777 and then restored in 1850. The church is now almost completely restored, but the bell tower and the main house need to be restored and the external walls, which have to be rebuilt.

Location: Calarasi County

2. Monument of Plataresti – it is also an historical and architectonical monument, represented by Saint Mercurie Church, built during the reign of Prince Matei Basarab, It is represented by the Church of St. Mercurie, built during the reign of Prince Matei Basarab, after the 1639 victory over the Golden Horde, at Neniseni (today Armanesti), situated on the bank of Ialomita River.

The monastery has been built during 1639 – 1649, through the efforts of two faithful nobles of Matei Basarab. The building is quite a remarkable monument of architectonic art, with its very special clear shapes and the beautiful interior walls pictures.

Location: Calarasi County

3. Historical Orthodox Monument, Manastirea, Manastirea Commune (CORNATEL)

Monastery Brancoveni – situated in the village Brancoveni, at 20 km from Slatina city , the Olt county capital, on DN 54.

Year 1491 seems to be after off-line sources the first certification of the Monastery Brancoveni, three years later being officially certificate.

In order to remind the ancient memory of Matei Basarab, Brancoveanu built outside a structure (1700-1702), that keeps the genuine painted faces of the erectors and of Matei Basarab.

The Monastery Brâncoveni , gilded and restored , starting with 1705 represented an important center of Romanian medieval civilization.

The Monastery Brancoveni was restored since 1985, and in 1998-1999 was built the monastery museum with a rich inventory that completes the old Lapidarium.

Localization : village Brancoveni, Olt county

Placed in the southern part of the town Slatina, in a depression with a picturesque landscape and a panorama of river Olt – the monastery Clocociov lies from centuries in this region.

An important restoration from the past of the monument took place during the time of Matei Basarab, and it is attested in documents and also it is written on the monastery wall, near the entrance.

In 1862 the monastery was repainted, this work being certificate in an inscription, from 1934, inside the monastery, above pronaos door. The inscription certified that the church was repainted during the time of his holiness, the abbot Atanasie at 23 July 1862”. Today, in this place there is a county warehouse for different goods of cultural patrimony and a museum of medieval civilization.

Localization :Slatina, Olt County, situated on E60 at 200 km from Bucharest Contact : www.clocociov.rdscv.ro

Monastery Calui, began to be built, as the old documents attests, “ during the days of Basarab Voda Neagoe”, by Vlad Banul Dumitru parcalabul and Balica spatarul. The brothers Buzesti continued the building initiated by the first erectors.

The masonry works were then continued at the end of the XVI-Th century by Radu mare clucer, Preda mare ban and Stroe mare stolnic and were finished during year 1588.

The refined and attentive observer Paul de Alep, a Syrian traveler was very much impressed of the monastery Calui and he wished to be sacred to Antiohia.

This monk monastery has as protective saint the „Saint Nicolae“.

Localization : Calui, village Oboga, Olt county , situated on the road between Slatina and Craiova , from the Bals on the right way , at 20 km west from Slatina, the Olt county capital .

8. The Monastery of Celic- Dere – is situated at 30 km from Tulcea, between the villages Posta and Telita. It was built in the 19th cen. as a nuns monastery. The Monastery has the aspect of a small village, with scattered households: the church built at the beginning of the 20th cen., architecture work of Toma Dobrescu; the monastery museum (with a winter church in the basement and a summer church on the ground flor). The museum holds a representative collection of religious books. The most valuable example of the collection is undoubtedly the Bible of Bucharest (1688) .

A windmill (a true monument of architecture) is located in the monastery yard .

9. The Monastery of Cocos – is situated at 8 km from the village of Niculitel, at the foot of Cocosu Hill. The first monahal settlement was build in 1833 by the Transylvanian monks that returned from Athos Holly Mount: Visarion (former monk at the Monastery of Neamt), Gherontie and Isaiia.

At the beginning of the 19th cen., both the church and the inside pavilions were refurbished according to the plans of architect Toma Radulescu.

The church painting is the work of italian artist F. De Biasse and of local iconographer Geo Cardas (who painted the porch). The Monastery museum has an important religious book collectin, gathered from all the parishes of Tulcea county.

10. Saon Monastery, a nuns monastery, was founded in 1864 as a small nuns complex of the Celic Dere monastery. It became autonomous starting with 1881.

The monastery comprises: the church, the chapel, the nuns cells and a windmill. The church , dedicated to the, Ascension of God “ was built in 1912. The Bishop Nifon of the Lower Danube put the foundation stone .

11. The Monastery of Uspenia – is situated at 3 km south west of the village of Slava Rusa . It was set up in the 18th cen. by a group of believers from Slava Rusa. In 1848, the monastery was the bishop’s seat, under the authority of metropolitan bishop of Fântâna Alba and subsequently the metropolitan seat.

In the second half of the 19th century a stone church, praising ,,Adormirea Maicii Domnului“, was built and replaced the old wood church .

Every year the Lippovan Russian communities from the country and abroad participate in on-site activities, celebrating the day that marks the establishment of the church

12. The Monastery Vovidenia – is situated on the sotheastern outskirts of the Slava Rusa village . The monastery gathers a unique Lippovan nuns community . The church, known as ,,thesmalone“ was built during the 19th century. In 1866, about 20 years after the first church was built, a new, more representative church was erected. Nowadays the nuns community numbers about 40 members.

13. The Paleochristian Complex – at Niculitel, situated at 30 km from Tulcea, was discovered in 1971. The monument includes a basilica built in the time of Emperors Valens and Valentinianus. A hemispheric cupola with pendants covers the crypt, inside, there are two superposed martyr tombs. At the lower level there are two human skeletons- martyrs, whose names are not known, and, at the higher level, in a collective coffin, the skeletons of four martyrs: Zottikos, Attalos, Kamasis and Philippos. The monument was restored and is protected by a construction set up around it.

The church in the shape of a clubs in Niculitel was discovered at 3 km southwest of the village, in the place called Cetatuia. Built in the 11th-12th cen. it was the church of a monastery. Only a few foundation bricks and Roman titles were preserved, some with the stamp of Legion I Lovia Scythica. It is the oldest church of this type in Romania.

All the customs are in related with the Bible.

Dragaica is an agrarian ritual. It is the prosperity and the auspices of the crops, especially cereal crops. The tradition said that on June, 24 nobody works, because , in that day, the Sun is dancing on the sky.

The custom consists in a dance. Five or seven girls are dancing and one of them is choosen Dragaica. She is the most beautiful and she is dressed like a bride.

The other girls are dressed in white and they have white or yellow flowers in their hair the pageant walks on the fields. The girls are dancing at the carfax, their dance is in cross.

The custom said that Dragaica come in the fruits faster.

Organisation date for 2007: June, 24, when the Orthodox celebrate the birth of St. Ioan (Botezatorul)

Come in Teleorman in this period and enjoy with us for this celebration. (Izvoarele,Teleorman County)

In 1836, a wooden building was initially raised. The present cathedral was built between 1869 – 1897, facing until the present days many transformations, improvements and repairing works. In 1898, the painters Stefan Luchian, Constantin Artachino and Constantin Pascali executed paintings and it is back then when the great clock was also installed. The stained-glasses were made by R. Ziegler. The consecration took place on the 6th of December 1898. In 1926 and 1932 the zinc cover was replaced with a copper one. The great bell, which weights over 1200 kilograms, was installed in 1896. In 1994, the sarcophagus containing the remains of the ruler Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica, was brought from Bucharest inside the cathedral and in 1996, following the founding of Episcopate of Alexandria and Teleorman, the Church “Saint Alexander” become the hierocratic and episcopate cathedral. It is an historic and architectural monument.

Locality where it takes place: Alexandria, it is located at the cross of Independentei street with Alexandru Colfescu street, across the street to the central park.

Organisation date for 2007: every day by 8.oo- 12.oo

One of the most important Christian places in Romania - Saint Andrew Cave Monastery - is located in Commune of Ion Corvin, Constanta County – (situated in the forest at 59 km from Constanta, 4 km South-east of the National Road Constanta-Ostrov)

It is the first Christian cult place on Romanian territory: the gate through which the Christianity entered the Romanian territory. The ancient Christian sources certify that Saint Apostle Andrew came to preach the Gospel and the Saint had choose the cave, carved into the afforested hill.

Every year, on 30th November, Romanian people honors Saint Apostle Andrew, proclaimed their Protector. It’s a national religious feast and thousands of pilgrims come in this day towards the Saint’s Cave and Monastery situated on the land of Dobrogea, a veritable Romanian Bethleem. According to the tradition, in the Ist century A.D., Saint Andrew, the Romanian people’s Apostle, was living in this cave, with his disciples. Its entrance is oriented eastwards. It is still conserved the rock that served as an altar. The stone plate has the cross cut on every faces. This place for prayer and clerical living have become in time a veritable resistance spot, a place where, during the period of the migratory peoples, old Romanian faith, substance, culture and language were conserved. In 1942, the lawyer Jandiru begin the arrangement of the cave, and in 1944 it was dedicated, from then on here performing divine services. In 1990, the cave was restored and start to function an monks hermitage.

About 50 m West from the cave, there are the nine springs where the Saint has baptized the first Christians of this region. Here you can drink the best water of the whole Dobrogea. The Apostle preached for the first time on this land the religion of peace and love, cured and comforted the sick and despairing persons, baptized in Name of God.

Less than 2 km from the Monastery, you can find “Eminescu’s Spring”, on the edge of the forest near the locality of Ion Corvin, halting place preferred by the pilgrims arrived in the area.

Tall, slim, with two sharpen domes, the church of monastery "Holy Marry" guards on the lakeside Techirghiol.

It is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Dobrudja, located in Techirghiol town (18 km south of Constanta city). It has St Mary as patron and was organized replacing an older sanatorium.

The church was build in the XVIIth century from ancient common oaks, carved by the old people from Mures Valley. The sleepers from common oaks fixed joined in pegs and surrounded by an median twisted cornice give a authenticity note to whole building. Worm picture, naive, kept its freshness still after three renewals. The images, showing saints figures (like St. Christopher with dog head), Adam and Eve with the snake, Savior's Sorrows, have a distinct expression. The altar screen is very well proportioned to the size of church, and imperial doors have more refined paintings in medallions, in Old-Romanic style.

Miron Cristea, the first Patriarch of the Romanian Church founded the monastery in 1928. The buildings are ornamented with Romanian traditional motif and cross sign.

In the courtyard there is Saint Martyr Pantelimon's draw well, realized by the sculptor Ion Jalea, and brought here from Bucuresti.

In the proximity of the old fortress of Dervent, on the left bank of the Danube, near Ostrov (96 km South – West of Constanta county), the autochthonous Romanian monks founded a large hermitage in the 9th century under the influence of the ancient monastic settlements.

The hermitage of Dervent and the fortress were destroyed in the 11th century by the petchenegs (1036 ).

Tradition says that St Apostol Andrew came here to preach Christian cult and having a rod in his hand and althought he did not stay here for a long time, as long as he stayed he taught the people how to pray and when he left he did it without his rod, because he was thirsty and he smashed a rock with his rod and water sprung out.

Nowadays the water springs only at one religious holiday called “Healing spring”.

There is also a cross shaped stone that is getting bigger from one year to another.

The place has become a pilgrimage place for the persons in pain and the believers that use to gather around the Holy Healing Crosses.

The church have four patrons: the Pious Parascheva, the Healing Source, the Ascension of the Holly Cross and Saint George.

Is situated in the peninsular area of Constanta and also shelters the holly relics of the Saints Martyrs Epictet and Astion, St Auxentiuand and St Simeon. A dear place for faithful who comes to pray in this cathedral are the coffin with the relics of Great Saint Martyr Panthelimon, brought from the Near East, donated to the Episcopall Church in 1931.

The plans of the building belong to the famous architect Ion Mincu (1852 – 1912) highly appreciated and considered the creator of a style inspired by the Romanian tradition of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

Built in 1883-1885, was blessed only on 22nd May 1895 because of nonconformist paintings (the faces in the icons looked like authorities'); thus, the famous painter G.D. Mirea made the necessary changes.

The church has got an imposing tower 35 meters high. The architect respected the characteristics of traditional Romanian architecture; the painting was remade in 1959-1961 by Gheorghe Popescu and Niculina Dona-Delavrancea, the frescoes were remade in neo-Byzantine technique.

The sculpture is very well represented in iconostasis and pews, chandeliers and candlesticks (bronze and brass alloy) that were designed by Ion Mincu and made in Paris. The indoor is clubs form like (typical Romanian element) and there are large archways and cupolas, the nave and forenave.

On August the 3rd1941, during a bombardament, the altar, the iconostasis with the icons and the paintings were damaged and partly destroyed.

Since 2001, the Cathedral has been the archiepiscopal church with monastery character.

Address: Constanta, 25 Arhiepiscopiei Street.

The edifice, located in Constanta city, is built in 1939 according to the old Romanian architectonic style (the front-side, church porch with columns) having strong byzantine features. The founder have been Constanta Military Garnison. Up to 1949 the church was used in order to offer religious assistance to the military persons; afterwards it became episcopal cathedral.

After 1951 and until today it use as parochial church. The painting in fresco was made between the years of 1951 and 1961, by the teacher painter Constantin Ioanid.

Address: Constanta, 170 Tomis Blvd.

The foundation stone was laid on July 1994, by His Majesty Lucian, the Archbishop of Tomis. Built betweeen 1995 – 1997, in an authentic style from Maramures, it is one of the largest wood churches in the country (26 meters length, 12 meters width and the tower have 43 meters high). Interior furniture of the church was projected and made by the architect Daniel Sabau from Alba Iulia. Painting on the altar screen was realized by the painter of icons George Sorin Nicolae from Bucuresti.

The St Martyr Mina’s Church is an oasis of silence and spirituality, placed on the shore of Tabacarie Lake, in the modern Constanta city.

Is situated in the central part of Constanta and it is one of the oldest churches in Constanta City, build in the beginning of the XXth . The foundation stone was laid down on the 13th of August 1906.

The mural painting was executed near the 1914 by the painter Gheorghe Marinescu, student of the great Nicolae Grigorescu, in the Renaissance style.

Inside, the strained – glass windows, unique in Constanta, showing in vivid colors scenes of Virgin Mary life, enhance the attractiveness of this church.

The façade (about 60 square meters) is ornated with beautiful icons using mosaic technique.

Address: Constanta, 18 Lahovari Street.

The Transfiguration Church was built between 1865 -1867, through the efforts of the Greek population of Constanta.The patron day of this cult place is “Metamorfosis”. The church has no towers due to the limitations imposed by the Turkish authorities that ruled at that time.

Is a big construction, without a certain style, made by stone and bricks for construction, white marble for the floor, cedar wood for sustaining pillars and fir wood for altar. Initially, the inside was painted fully in oil by a specialist from Athos Mountain - Aghiograf. In time, the fresco have been blackened, and was necessary a restoration of it, between 1983 and 1984.

In 1954 the church was declared a Historical Monument and was included in the list of buildings belonging to the National and Cultural Heritage. Currently The Transfiguration Church is a joint Romanian and Greek parish; the religious service is performed in both languages.

Address: Constanta, 37 Mircea cel Batran Street

In the 12th November 1934 had begun the construction of the most beautiful and representative place of worship from Constanta, with Saint Emperors Constantin and Elena as patrons of the church.

St Emperors Constantin and Helen Church was consecrated by the Romanian Patriarch, Miron Cristea ( 1919 – 1939).

The church is individualized through the other places of worship by an different architectural pile. It have just one dome, 30 meters high, situated lateral and integrated in the body of church. The altar is separated from the nave by an altar screen made from specific ornamental motifs marble. The altar screen is a masterpiece of art sculpted in marble, which is quite rarely found in an Orthodox church. The sculpture includes rich ornaments consisting in vegetal decorative motifs. The painting, Neo-Byzantine style, signed by Nina Arbore was executed using a fresco technique, on 14-carat gold background, the nimbus being embossed, narrow-minded by an mosaic cornice and polished with 32-carat shining gold.

St Emperors Constantin and Helen Church it is considerated “ a jewel of our city and the one of the most beautiful religious buildings that have been built during the last period of time”.

Address: Constanta, 104 Mihaileanu Street

The church "Assumption of the Virgin" 2 was raised in the period 1904 and 1908 by the Andalchioi Village inhabitants.

The fundamental stone was laid in the 3rd of October 1904, and the dedication was in 1908. Construction of the church have been executed in own management expenses, almost all materials being given by the parishioners and other Christians from Constanta.

The plan of construction was drawn-up by engineer Dimitrie Banescu, chief of technical service of Constanta County.

In the 1952, 1958, 1964 and 1965 years, was made general repairs to the roof, electric installation and sidewalks. The belfry is separated from the building of the church and was build in 1926, having an iron framework.

By the architectonic point-of-view, the church "Assumption of the Virgin" 2 have a cross shape, with a big tower on the middle, built from stone and bricks and covered with sheet iron.

About church's painting it doesn't exist precise information. It is known only that the used technique was the one in oil, in realistic style and the painter it thinks that was Cardas from Tulcea City.

The painting was renewed in 1930 and washed in 1947 and 1962, the last time by a painters team composed by Muscelean Ion, Iuliu Goler and the priest Lembrau Constantin.

Address: Constanta, 230 Tomis Blvd.

Was raised in 1889. In the period between 1941-1946, when The Cathedral "Saints Peter and Paul" was bombarded, it functioned as cathedral of the city. Starting with 1961, same time with Lutheran Church demolition, Lutheran evangelic community keep its services in this house, for more than ten years. Between 1975 and 1987, it served only for church patrons, on December 6th. Beginning with December 6th 1987 it reopened and function with normal services condition.

The painting was executed in fresco technique. Addres: Constanta, 7 Maior Gheorghe Sontu Street.

The Church "Saint George" is the third as oldness in Constanta, was build in the period of 1915-1923. Raised in "Brancovenesc" style, emphasizes itself through the relativity of proportions.

The painting was executed by the painters Bacalau and the faimous Nicolae Tonitza, in Neo-Byzantine style, between 1935 and 1936, painting preserved until today.

Address: Constanta, 12 Nicolae Iorga Street.

The rupestral complex discovered in 1957 at Basarabi town (24 km west from Constanta) is one of the most interesting in Romania.

It consists of 6 small churches and chapels that served the Christian cult, a number of monastic rooms and a funeral galleries, all of them carved in chalkstone.

It is considered that the tradition of the churches carved in stone, having small rooms connected to each other, was brought to Dobrudja from Cappadocia and Syria, where even nowadays there are similar churches.

The fundamental stone for the building of this church with the patronage of Saint George and Saint John the Baptizer, was laid in 1914. The construction was finished in 1929, year when was even dedicated.

The painting was executed by the painter Gheorghe Raducanu from Bucuresti, between 1964 and 1968.

The Roman-Catholic Church "Saint Anthony" was built in 1937 after the plans of the architect Romano de Simon, on the place where in 1885 raised another catholic church. The monument respects a basilica plan , specific for the North of Italy and it is worked in apparent brick. The buttress and the geometrical motifs remember of Romanic style from XIII-th century. The interior is too from apparent brick, the two side galleries being sustained by marble columns with composite capitals. Address: Constanta, 11 Titulescu Street.

Called in 1910 King Carol I Mosque was built by Romanian State for the necessities of Moslem supporters; the design belongs to the great inventor engineer Gogu Constantinescu and architect Victor Stefanescu made the building.

The building joins the Byzantine style (the tower and the imposing cupola) and Romanian architectural elements (the building itself), a unique mosque in Dobrogea. It is the first construction made in steel-concrete and brick in Romania; in time, steel-concrete rusted and the reinforcement of the tower and cupola was necessary, a difficult work made in 1957-1959 by professor Aurel Beles's design. The tower is 47 meters high and the sizes of preaching room are 14 meters per 14 meters; the balcony is reserved for women and has 14 meters long an 3 meters wide. The altar is made in Moorish style, characteristic to worship Moslem buildings. Upon the main gate there are two Arabian inscription. In the yard on the left and on the right sides of the entrance there are wash-stands used for "abdest" as required by religion. Inside, on the floor there is a carpet brought from Ada-Kaleh island in 1965 as Sultan Abdul Hamid's (1876-1909) donation; the carpet was made in Hereche Handicraft Center, Turkey (it weighs 460 kg and the sizes are 9 meters per 16 meters). In the entrance hall there is a door-way that leads to the tower, where there is a winding staircase; the boy in charge to announce prayer time "climbs' 140 steps; on the tower top is a half-moon - the Moslem symbol.

Adress: 5, Arhiepiscopiei St. (Ovidiu Square)

Bulit in 1860 in Medgidia city even today exists as an historic and architectural monument. It was raised in the memory of the sultan Abdul Medgid who reigned in the period 1839 – 1861. Abdul Medgid proved with his acts that is more open minded than his predecessors at progress and democracy.

He institutes the “Medgidie” decoration with who compensates many Romanian personalities upon the painter Theodor Aman.

The building was executed and cared by the Ottoman Government and from the beginning was served by an imam, a hatpin and a muezzin. The building respects the

tradition form of the Moslem cultural placements, decorated in the interior with oriental ornaments and inscriptions in Arabian language.

Was built in 1868 using the stones for the old gate of Ottoman fortress which had all the walls destroyed during Russian-Ottoman War in 1828.

The Moorish architectural style corresponds to the Muslim culture characteristics; the tower is 24 meters high. It is located in Constanta, 39 Tomis Bld.

Monastic tourism manifested a continuous evolution, after obtaining religious freedom. In the last 15 years some monasteries, convents were re-established. So far, monasteries and convents are functional, attracting large human masses on different occasions. The most popular example is:

The Recea Monastery - Confession: Orthodox

Location: On the European Road E60, at a distance of 2 km from the Transilvania Airport Tirgu-Mures and at a distance of 14 km from the town of Tirgu-Mures. Address: Mãnãstirea (Monastery) "Nasterea Maicii Domnului" Principala Str. 35 B, 4311- sat Recea (village of Recea) Jud. Mures (Mures County), Tel.: +40-265120553 www.nistea.com/recea_prez.htm

There are also a few religious destinations in smaller and not so well known villages, but it is in these places that the ceremony retains its traditional archaic flavour: the churches from Raciu (Greek-Catholic and Orthodox), (contact: Narcis Martiniuc (priest in Raciu), Tel: +40-744648955), Sanmartinu de Campie and Moisa. In the village of Stanceni there is also a Greek-Catholic monastery run by Carmelite nuns.

The wooden churches from Transylvania (Corund, Soconzel, Hurezu Mare, Stana, Bolda) have an inestimable cultural and historic value; they are making now the object of a project with EU funding (because they need some restoration works) and in the near future they will be brought back into the tourist circuit.

Another circuit which can be included in this type of tourism is The circuit of the Monasteries from Satu Mare: Bixad – Prilog (commune Orasu Nou) – Lunca Potaului (commune Mediesu Aurit) - Marius - Scarisoara Noua (commune Piscolt).

Among the monasteries of our county, the most renowned is the Bixad Monastery (FOTO ManastireaBixad-WORD), situated in the locality with the same name, in the Tara Oasului area.

The orthodox monk life at Bixad comes along the centuries, from the voivodeship of Maramures, the place existing already in the XVI-th century. The church and the stone courtyard of the monastery were build in 1770, and in the short peaceful time between the two world wars through the efforts of the people living in the monastery, were build a mill, joiner’s workshops and there was set up even a printing house, where were printed calendars and religious books, extremely rare and searched in our days.

The Orthodox Church, with patron of the church “Saints Apostles Peter and Paul” represents one of the few monuments of wall existing in this part of Romanian land. The monument, having the walls made of stone, keeps the Byzantine plan, with cross form, with semi-circle lateral apses and a high tower. The further construction supplements at the tower and altar are dated at the beginning of our century.

Almost everywhere in the Romanian country, but especially in Transylvania, in the evening before the holidays of the Mother of the Lord, the communities of the villages from Moisei to Banat, from the land of Fagaras to the land of Oas, are preparing for pilgrimage.

Following the centuries old tradition, some Christians, whether living at 50 or100 km from Bixad Monastery start a pilgrimage of a week of at least a few days to reach the monastery, by train, by buses or by cars.

At Bixad Monastery is kept the celebration of the patron of the church and there are organised pilgrimages on the celebrations of the Saint Apostles Peter and Paul, the Death of Mother of God, the Birth of Mother of God and of the Day of the Cross. The biggest celebration is on Saint Mary the Great, which takes place on 15-th of August. The eve of the celebration begins with the service of Evensong, followed during the night by wake, confession, prayers, religious songs and sermons. After the Saint Liturgy the pilgrims, the processions prepare for leaving. All leave Bixad with a nostalgic feeling and the thought of coming back here, and also with a strengthen soul.

Bucium Monastery – monks monastery, Sat Bucium, Sinca Veche commune

Located in the south east of Fãgãras, the village Bucium waits for you to the east of Dejani, between the commune of Hârseni and Sinca Veche.

What you can see in Bucium:

Bucium Monastery, refounded in 1990, on the ruins of the old dwelling, attested in 1737 and burned on the orders of general Bukov, sent by empress Maria Teresa to suppress the demonstrations of orthodox christians in Tara Fãgãrasului.

The Popular Art Museum, one of the few private museums of this kind in the country.

Title: “Schimbarea la fata” 6 august

Staret Preot Lazea Sava

Contact: Fundatia Sandru tel. 0722418312, Primaria Sinca tel. 0268 245301, 245555

Sibiel is a smaller village belonging to Saliste, situated on the valley of the Sibiel river and on the old road coming from Sibiu , through Cristian - Orlat, by the castle Salgo and passing through Sibiel - Vale - Saliste. It has a railway halt on the way Sibiu - Vintu de Jos.

The museum was founded in 1969 thanks to the efforts of the priest Zosim Oancea who has gathered hundreds of icons on glass and wood, during the years. Some of them are centuries old. The museum also exhibits other old objects such as painted eggs, benches and towels as well as old Romanian books.

Among the public monuments from the Astra Museum we can mention the two churches from Bezded and Dretea rebuilt in order to offer to the museum that aura of spirituality specific to orthodox religion.

The church from the village of Bezded , in the county of Salaj , situated on the Braglezului valley, was rebuilt in the museum in 1990. The church was built and painted during 1754-1759. The church is situated on a higher ground than the rest of the museum thus offering to the church its original role of “heart” of the village.

The other church comes from the village of Dretea in the Cluj county The church was purchased by the Astra Museum in 2000.

At request, both churches can celebrate marriages, christenings in the specific atmosphere of the Romanian traditional village.

Furthermore, the National museum Complex Astra invites annually all Christians to spend the Holy Night of Resurrection at the church from Bezded.

NATIONAL MUSEUM COMPLEX ASTRA,

www.muzeulastra.ro