This summer I visited the monastery of Agapia, a location where I arrived for the first time this year. I read before on the internet special impressions regarding the objective, several friends have recommended the area, but I must admit that the impression that I had on the spot ran out of expectations.
I arrived at this place of worship in a beautiful Sunday in august, a day in which the sun has kept with us and we made it a short trip on the gorgeous lands. About the access path can tell that one is accessible from other monasteries we've visited over the years. The monastery is located a few kilometers from the town of Târgu-Neamț. Following the DN 15 C in the direction of travel to Neamț, Piatra Neamț, Târgu-we arrived at an intersection where I saw a signpost that guide you to the left on a secondary paved road, the remaining distance to the goal being eight kilometers.
I have gone through the Aaa and I walked right into a superb road on the area on the edge of a small river and under lap forest up to several hundred meters from the place of worship. I entered in a generous parking area on the left where we left the car and started slowly by the entrance to the courtyard of the objective.
We saw a genuine rectangular construction, the majestic white brick with green roof, with one floor, adorned with red Geraniums, but also a lot of other colors,flowers in the middle (inside) which is found with the Spire of the Church. This building incorporates useful spaces and the centre of the monastery. The alleys are big bad stone with polished concrete joints, clean, and a lot of green alleys outside.
Description of the Agapia Monastery
The monastery courtyard is done under the steeple, moving the massive wooden gate. I could see the wall thickness outside, really impressive, that creates the impression of a real fortresses. At the entrance of the courtyard there is a charging point for tourists, but when I visited the goal there was no one here, so I haven't paid anything. However, for information purposes, the rates displayed were: 5 lei for adults and 2.5 lei for pupils and students.
Once you enter the courtyard, we tarried good moments admiring the multicolored flowers and other vegetation harmonious, and it was a real delight for the eyes and soul. The wall surrounding the cult is massivelyand houses numerous cells, and in one wing of the monastery, a Museum is arranged. Petty trampling on one of the alleys in the yard, I had the sensation that I entered into a real world of flowers.
As soon as I crossed the threshold of the Church, I knew that here we find something really impressive-on the walls and on the ceiling of the cult are painting saints of Gandhi ... Yes, indoor painting is the work of our great painter Nicolae Grigorescu! Even if I try to carefully choose words to lead you as close to the feelings that tried us and admire these spiritual treasures of the Romanian nation, I don't think I can ... words are sometimes too poor; the truth is that the painting shows particularly fabulous, even I can say without exaggerating that feel somehow!
A sign in the yard had guided our steps from the right of the Court to the Museum of the Agapia monastery. It was founded in 1927 in the time of Epraxia Shaina, being the first Museum of its kind in Moldova. We passed slowly through the four rooms of the Museum, arranged on the second floor of the North Wing, where I could admire the exquisite objects specific to the Romanian religious art, exhibited according to certain historical stages. I discovered in the first room icons from the 16th to the 19TH CENTURIES, two "panaghiare", the oldest dating back to 1514 or two rows of embroidered shirt, most likely dating from the end of the 16th century.
Curiosity led us up the steps to the third room of the Museum, where we saw exhibited various embroideries made by nuns in the monastery's workshop, as well as Church clothes. Through the few showcases I found various crosses, candles or Holy vessels crafted in sterling silver. The last room of the Museum has a different profile from the other-is reserved for men of culture who have related activity for a period longer or shorter, Agapia monastery. There you can see our national writer Eminescu Mihai.
I thought that our visit here is coming to an end, but in a layer of multicolored flowers I noticed another indicator that has guided the steps toward a passageway beneath the wall of the Museum, the Museum House Alexandru Vlahuță. I had been reading earlier on here about the existence of this objective but the beeing so impresed we forgot that Vlahuță stood for a time at Agapia.
Reached the end of the review, I recommend you go to Agapia Monastery, the place where the beautiful dress up a special garment, with the scent of flowers, woven with threads of faith, art or literature! Văratec monastery, next to the goal presented above can be a great option to spend a special day on the beautiful area.
