The monastery was erected by the boyar family of Dragomir, an army captain. The oldest known document relating to it is a donation deed, dated 6 May 1634. At the time, it was a monastery of monks. Because of the lack of monks, the monastery went deserted in 1752, and in 1760 was revived as community of nuns.
The bell tower, erected by Dionisie Romano in 1854, was re-designed and reduced in height to 18 meters in 1894, when it was rebuilt after an earthquake.
The museum
The compound includes a museum, near the water-well (which dates from 1911). The museum was opened in 1975, in a wide hall painted in 1859 by a monk from the nearby Ciolanu Monastery. It exhibits a multi-language Bible printed in 1629 in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. The visitors can also see a fragment of the original 1688 Bucharest Bible, the first edition translated into Romanian, along with the anniversary reprint of the Bucharest Bible from 1988.
Other items on display are numerous icons painted on wood or glass, as well as gold and silver-thread embroidery.
Gallery
Rătești Monastery
Outside view from Rătești Monastery
Wall picture from Rătești Monastery
Wall picture from Rătești Monastery
External links
(in Romanian) The Rătești monastery web-site
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rătești, monastery, monastery, eastern, orthodox, nuns, located, berca, commune, buzău, county, romania, left, bank, buzău, river, holy, trinity, church, contents, history, architecture, museum, gallery, external, linkshistory, editthe, monastery, erected, boy. Rătești Monastery is a monastery of Eastern Orthodox nuns located in Berca Commune Buzău County Romania on the left bank of the Buzău River Holy Trinity Church at Rătești Monastery Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 3 The museum 4 Gallery 5 External linksHistory EditThe monastery was erected by the boyar family of Dragomir an army captain The oldest known document relating to it is a donation deed dated 6 May 1634 At the time it was a monastery of monks Because of the lack of monks the monastery went deserted in 1752 and in 1760 was revived as community of nuns As of 2006 about 75 nuns live there Architecture EditThe monastery church was built in a mixed neoclassical and local ecclesiastical style It was painted in 1843 1844 by Nicolae Teodorescu and his nephew Gheorghe Tattarescu The bell tower erected by Dionisie Romano in 1854 was re designed and reduced in height to 18 meters in 1894 when it was rebuilt after an earthquake The museum EditThe compound includes a museum near the water well which dates from 1911 The museum was opened in 1975 in a wide hall painted in 1859 by a monk from the nearby Ciolanu Monastery It exhibits a multi language Bible printed in 1629 in Greek Latin and Hebrew The visitors can also see a fragment of the original 1688 Bucharest Bible the first edition translated into Romanian along with the anniversary reprint of the Bucharest Bible from 1988 Other items on display are numerous icons painted on wood or glass as well as gold and silver thread embroidery Gallery Edit Rătești Monastery Outside view from Rătești Monastery Wall picture from Rătești Monastery Wall picture from Rătești MonasteryExternal links Edit in Romanian The Rătești monastery web site This article on an Eastern Orthodox church building in Romania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Romanian Christian monastery abbey priory or other religious house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rătești Monastery amp oldid 1036211705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
