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Benefit from the warm reception of the monks ! |
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to Crasna's monastery! 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. |
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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!
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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. |
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