Gorovei Monastery

Gorovei Monastery is built on a monastery of Dragomirna Monastery. The monks found here an icon of Saint John the Baptist, which is why they built a wooden church during the years 1740-1742. The second church of Gorovei Monastery dates from 1834 and was built by the archimandrites Vitalie Lemnea and Macarie Jora. Gorovei Monastery was founded in 1742, when a monk in Dragomirna Monastery discovered at the root of an oak the icon of Saint John the Baptist after having spent three nights singing the tropic of Saint John the Baptist. Until 1775, when Bucovina was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it served as a hermitage dependent on the Dragomirna Monastery, after which it functioned as a monastery under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Church of Moldova. The first church was built from the oak wood where the icon was found, being a small church that accommodated 20-30 people. In 1860, a new larger wooden church was built on a stone socket and a tumulus with the expense of the archbishop Chesarie Rezmerita, a metropolitan bishop of Moldova, a former living person of the Gorovei Monastery. In 1984, because the church was in an advanced state of degradation, a brick chapel was demolished and built in the same form. It was adorned with the fresco painting, performed by the painters Moldoveanu Ioan and his wife, Daniela, with the blessing of I.P.S. Father Metropolitan Daniel, most of the expenses being borne by Mihail Semenciuc from Candesti village, Mihaileni commune, Botosani county. The great church, dedicated to the Birth of St. John the Baptist, was built between 1830 and 1834 from the donations of the faithful, the Archimandrite Macarie Jora and Jerome Lemnea. The church is made of stone and brick, covered with galvanized sheet. Over time was repaired several times: 1869-1870, 1890, 1953 and 1992-1993. Because the church did not have a solid foundation and was placed on a piece of land with water infiltrations, general repairs were imposed. Since 2002, special works are being carried out at the foundation, wall injections, for the reinforcement of the vaults and the tower of the bell tower. The Archonocar was built in 1910, but it was modified over time. In 1980 the abbey and house of the bridegroom was built. In 2003 a bell tower was built at the gate of the monastery, where a museum will be arranged; Also, the authorization for the construction of a cell of cells was obtained. Although the monastery's dedication is the Birth of Saint John the Baptist, there is still a tradition in the tradition: the Spring of Tamaduirii.