After a half hour of walking through the forest, you will appreciate arriving at this place of magnificent culture. Maybe you will be invited to share a meal with the monks and you can spend the night in one of the rooms of the convent reserved for guests..

During your visit, if you arrive in time, (it can be during the recitation of the three periods of the Divine Office (prayers): between 8.00 and 12.30; from 21.00 'til 22.00 and from 00.00 'til 02.00) you can also participate in saying the Office. What an inspiration to hear the magnificent hymns of the monks!

A little history…

The beginnings of this holy place get lost in the depths of history. The oldest testimonies date back to the 15th Century and indicate that there was once a wooden church and rooms for the monks who stayed there. The present church was built by nobleman Constantin Dinu Parlogea. A devout parishioner, he then became a monk and was later appointed to be the Staretz of the community..

Un poco de historia...

The old church of the convent was completed in 1828 and decoratively painted in 1832 (by the school of Tatarscu).

In 1960, after a long period of tranquility, the lives of the monks were seriously disrupted by outside forces, causing them untold suffering. Because the monks were obliged to leave the convent, the community was dissolved and the convent was then used as a church in Izvoarele's parish, according to the "evil 410 decree". .

The flame of the isihaste life was rekindled in 1967, when the Patriarch Iustinian reopened the monastery, declaring it to be part of the Sinaia's convent.

The community continued to expand. It now has 35 monks residing in the old and new buildings. Through God's holy providence, a new church was founded on the site and was consecrated by the Holy Father Patriarch Teoctist on October 18, 1998..