MONASTERIES CIRCUIT!

Services:transport, air conditioning / heat, professional driver, attendant organizer, hiking, relaxing atmosphere of history and spirituality, monastery accommodation booking.

Price/person -200ron includes transport,accomodation,food,various visiting taxes.

Accommodation is paid to the monastery, in principle 15-25ron/person/a day, according to monastery.

Accommodation is offered in Monasteries under then conditions.

DAY 1!

-O6:00 we leave from Piata Romana

-12:00 arrive to Strehaia Monastery(lunch+visit). Access: DN6/E70 Craiova-Turnu Severin, 67 km

Superior: Teofana Archiudean;

Strehaia Monastery was built in 1645 by Matei Basarab,remplance a church from the late fifteenth century.A feature of the monastery is the church altar south orientation.Strehaia monastery s church is cross-shaped with veil and open porch wall.

-15:00 Baia de Arama monastery (visit). Access: DN 67D Tg. Jiu-Baia de Arama, 48 km. in the north-west of the town of Baia de Arama

Superior: Nun Isidora Rusu.

Baia de Arama Monastery was built between 1699-1703. A feature of the church is present in mural portrait of Stefan Dusan (1331-1353), the great hero of the Serbs as of saints venerated in Serbia - St. Sava, Euthymius the Great, St. Kyrica and his mother St. Julita , St Petka etc. Baia de Arama is nunnery.

-18:00 Topolnita monastery(dinner+accomodation).

Access: DN 67 Turnu Severin-Tg. Jiu 7 km left in DC least 7.11 km

Elder: archimandrite. Paul Nicolaescu, accommodation in 30 rooms.

Topolnita monastery dates back to the sixteenth century. The present church is founded by Lupu Buliga in 1646. The church was painted in 1673, in Byzantine style by painters and Dima Greek Gregory novel. Original fresco is preserved today

DAY 2!

-06:30-wake-up

-07:00-Vodita monastery(breakfast+visit). Access: DN6/E70 Turnu Severin, Timisoara, 19 km, right 1 km

Elder: protos. loanichie Nicolaescu

Vodita Monastery is the oldest attested princely foundation and the first monastic establishment in our country managed autonomously by monastic rules established by St. Basil the Great. It reopened in 1991 as a monastery for monks. He built a beautiful wooden church in Maramures traditional elements of style, consecrated by Archbishop Theophan.

11:00-St Ana monastery(lunch+visit) Access: 1.5 km south of Orsova on the hilltop Santa

Superior: Justina Stavrofora Popovich

Saint Ann Monastery is founded by journalist Pamfil Seicaru (1894-1980), as a thanksgiving to God for having saved his life in 1916 while fighting in World War I, and is dedicated to the memory of all the heroes who fought for Romania Mare. The monastery was built between 1936 and 1939, but because of totalitarian regimes, was consecrated only in December 2, 1990, dedicated to St. Anne, named after the founder's mother. Becomes monastery in 1990.

15:00 Mraconia monastery. Patron: Saint John the Evangelist, Buddhist Abbess: Emilia Nistoroiu, Accommodation 50rooms.

Mraconia monastery is believed to have been founded around the year 1453. In place of the old church dedicated to the Holy Prophet Elijah in 1523, Nicholas Garlisteanu money raises another church to be destroyed in the Russo-Austrian-Turkish war. In 1823 was discovered under ruins an icon of the Virgin Mary. Icon was rebuilt between 1931 and 1947, but in 1967 was covered by the waters of the Danube as a result of the construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric I. From initial church. Since 2008, the monastery became Mraconia convent

DAY 3!

07:00-Cerneti monastery(lunch+visit).

Cerneti Monastery was built in 1662 by Gregory Ghica Voivode. Cerneti monastery was rebuilt in the years 1784-1794. Of 1970 was passed into heritage museum "Iron Gates", at which all objects of worship were similar in the museum store, a place that can be seen today. In august 2007, work began digging the foundation for the two bodies of cells, as well as the refectory and kitchen.

10:00-Jiana monastery(lunch+visit). Access: DN 56 Turnu Severin-Calafat, 16 km, right on DJ 562, DJ 56415 km By Jiana;

Administrator: Vaierian Amarandei;

Jian monastery was established on May 28, 2008. Jiana is inspired by a monastery monks communal.

-14:00 departure to Bucharest

-18:00-19:00 back to Bucharest.