Putna, included on Unesco's list of world heritage monuments, is the first of several monasteries founded by Stephen the Great. The story says that Stephen went to the top of a hill and shot an arrow saying that wherever it fell the church would be built. A section of the tree trunk containing the arrow is still kept in the monastery museum. This monastic museum is famous for its precious objects from Stephen's time: embroideries, silver and lether objects, tapestries, manuscripts, paintings, sculptures.At about 2 kms of Putna monastery there is Daniil Sihastrul's cave (he was known as Stephen confessor).
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Humor monastery: Iconostasis
by hydronetta
I was astonished by the beauty of the icons of Christ and Mary displayed on the iconostasis. having seen a lot of Byzantine icons I could tell that they respresent Byzantine religious art at its best!
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Humore monastery: Martyrs' frescos
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It is very usual in Orthodoxy to have frescos that display the martyrdom of saints. This despite sometimes may look very cruel, it is considered very inspiring for the faith.Believers are educated in such way that a lot of people have suffered for the sake of their faith to Christ.
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Humor monastery: Interior
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The Humor church though smaller in scale it shares the same three-cusped plan proper to most other painted monasteries.The interior is richly decorated by frescos and in the narthex, a painting displays Petru Rares and his family.
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Humor monastery: Exterior frescos
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Another famous exterior painting, is the Hymn to the Virgin, has been inspired by the poem written by Patriarch Serghei of Constantinople, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary, who is reputed to have saved the city during the attack of the Persians in 626.
Humor monastery: Exterior frescos (1)
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Humor Monastery was among the first churches to be painted. Its frescos are due to Toma of Suceava and were performed in 1535. Humor is mainly painted in reddish brown with rich blues and greens. The Last Judgement, placed on the wall is similar to the Voronet one, but, unfortunately, the Tree of Jesse has been effaced by erosion.
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Humor monastery
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6km north of Gura Humorului, Humor’s monastery church consecrated to the Assumption of the Virgin was built in 1530 by Chancellor Teodor Bubuiog on the site of a monastic complex built before 1415. Unlike other monasteries it has a wooden stockasdeThe church though smaller in scale it share the same three-cusped plan proper to most other painted monasteries. The monastery houses a valuable collection of icons dating back to the 16th century. The monastery, is a nunnery and it was suppressed in 1786, and re-established only in 1990 and underwent several restoration works
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Voronet north side exterior paintings
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The north side has in some part been damaged by the weather but in the upper part one can see some interesting and rather unusual paintings from Old testament: It is the life of Adam and Eve in Paradise, their exile and the birth of their child!
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The Last Judgement: Fine details (5)
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On the right side there are some weird scenes with angles sounding trumps and to their response graves open (rise of dead) , wild animals (like an elephant) are approaching while beneath is a marine figure riding a dolphin holding a ship in one hand and surrounded by octapuses (additional pic)
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The Last Judgement: Fine details (4)
by hydronetta
A very interesting part is the the way to hell and the fight between the angles and demons over the souls. The lost souls in chains take their way to hell while others struggle in between. Every soul is judged and their good or bad acts are sized. The angels push the demons away while the last try anything to make the balance in favor of their side!
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