miha2006.06.17 [21:27]
HUREZI Monastery is located in Horezu town, Valcea county. Convent for nuns.
Dedication day: “The Holy Emperor and Empress Constantin and Helena”, 21 May.
Constantin Brancoveanu Voivode founded the monastery in 1690.
The church was constructed between 1690 and 1693. The architecture of the church was designed in a tri-apses style that imitates the structural plan of the Episcopal Church from Curtea de Arges; only the porch was constructed in the architectural style that flourished during Constantin Brancoveanu’s reign.
The paintings inside the church, which are of inestimable artistic value, contain a gallery of portraits of the fallowing voivodes and their families: Brancoveanu, Basarab, and Cantacuzino. The iconostasis was sculpted in lime tree wood, which was overlaid with gold; the silver votive lights (icon lamps) were donated by Maria Doamna, the wife of Constantin Brancoveanu Voivode.
On June 20th, 1992, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decreed the canonization of Constantin Brancoveanu Voivode, of his sons Constantin, Stefan, Radu, Matei, and of the Counselor Ianache as holy martyrs, instituting the celebration of their dedication day on August 16th.
marina2006.06.17 [20:20]
Romania is so special and beutiful !
miha2006.06.17 [19:45]
superbă! Mulţumesc pentru fotografie!
CSR2006.06.17 [19:39]
Thanks for your's appreciations!
The church of the Monastery can be seen here: http://www.orthphoto.net/photo.php?id=7136&id_jezyk=8
