Monastery Barnova

Starting from Iasi to Vaslui, immediately after the inn Three wire on the right side, emerges a way that we can get Barnova village (10 km). Here in Iasi Woods of old, Miron Barnovschi, prince between 1626-1629, have hatched Barnova Monastery, surname or under Pietrarie hill, near Iasi as humanist chronicler Miron Costin writes, adding that "many monasteries and churches they did so in a short time, no gentleman did not.  All Barnovschi gave a new settlement, which sought to regulate and monasteries of Moldova revive life.

The location of the monastery while Barnova begins around 1603 when Jeremiah heap, the first Moldavian ruler who founded these lands, raised a wooden church dedicated to St. George with. Prince Miron Barnovschi recalls in his will that . the wooden Manastioara was made ​​intaiu, these landowners have counted it and strengthen it. Barnova Monastery was built between 1626-1666 by the rulers Miron Barnovschi and Eustratie Dabija. As data Original certificate may be mentioned those found in royal charter written in Iasi cacelaria Prince Miron Barnovschi the day of November 11, 1628: "Io Barnovschi Prince Miron, by the Grace of God, Prince of Moldavia. Here came before my reign and before all noblemen,my reign, large and small, servant of my reign, Dima Calarasi Constantinople, the good will of, unhindered, nor oppressed and sold the right to ocina and living with cellar and garden with fencing and all income . That sold it beseeching my reign, the monks of Holy Monastery of my reign, newly built, which is called Barnova, where glorious martyr and patron Saint John the New ... He enrolled in Iasi, in the year 7137 (1628), November 11 days. The Lord Himself commanded Barnovschi Prince . Since 1663 the monastery was dedicated Barnova Patriarchate of Jerusalem, being managed by Greek monks over a period of 200 years. Barnova Monastery, is part of the major architectural foundations of Moldova, synthesizing in this regard Romanian architectural elements of the Byzantine, transmitted by Romanian Country. Pattern outdoor akin to Dragomirna monastery and a chromatic techniques similar to Agapia. Dividing inside was made ​​according to the Byzantine tradition: porch, narthex, nave and altar.

* Situated in the forests of Central Moldavian Plateau, under Hill stonemasons, administrative territory of Barnova;

* Ruler built by Miron - Barnovschi heap and finished by Prince Eustratie Dabija;

* Included in the list of historical monuments of national interest and consists of: Church of Saint George (1626-1629), cells (1728), the ruins of the premises (the eighteenth - century), the tower of the gate (the eighteenth - century) and enclosure wall (XVII century - century);

* First witness on the monastery dates back chronicler Miron Costin;

* Over time was under the tutelage: Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Mount Athos, Mount Sinai, the Patriarchate of Constantinople Patriarchate of Alexandria;

* Since 1863 because of secularization monasteries began to decline;

* Between the years 1940 - 1945 worked as a convent, and in 1991 regained its status as the monastery of monks;

* Minster combines traditional architectural elements with the Romanian Byzantine churches;

* Triconical built on a plan with two towers, one massive and ornate other outdoor slender;

* First churches built by Miron Barnoschi-heap appears bell tower attached to the church;

* Minster was protected by a fortified wall and endowed with battlements for kids;

* Inside there are two marble tombstones, painstakingly decorated, belonging to Prince Eustratie Dabija and his daughter, Maria.