A place full of history, well maintained. Fine exterior and interior frescoes. More

If you travel to see the Sucevita monastery, make sure to pay a visit to Moldovita as well. It's smaller but similiar in architecture and paintings. Also really nice place worth seing even if not for spiritual purposes. More

An interesting monastery in a very attractive natural environment. More

Moldovita Monastery is one of many painted monasteries that are easily accessible from Gura Humorului (good base for hotel, restaurants) Other monasteries that I visited were: Putna, Humor, Voronet, Sucevita, and Humorului. I purchased a road map of Romania in a monastery gift shop ($US 4.75) with all the monasteries listed and there are at least 18 painted monasteries in... More

Moldovita Monastery dates back to 1532 while the frescoes were painted in 1537. Today it is the home of 40 Orthodox nuns who have dedicated their entire lives to serving God. Almost 500 years ago, a monk whose name is not known painted hundreds of square meters of frescoes, both inside the church and outside. It is difficult to know... More

The monasteries have been built in Bukovina during the 15th-16th centuries at a time marked by the personalities of the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great (1457-1504), and of his son, Petru Rares (1530-1538; 1541-1546). Stephen the Great was an illustrious army commander, a defender of Christendom and a prolific promoter of culture. The frescoes from Voronet, Humor, Moldovita, Arbore or... More

There are quite a few painted monasteries in this area, but this was one of my favourites, although one side of thechurch is now virtually devoid of pictures due to weather getting to the images. We were shown around by a nun with very good english and shown through the paintings on the inside and outside of the church. It... More