Church painting
In the new church at Lepsa Monastery, Vrancea County, Romania, see the photo of the church below.
The monastery has a wooden church (Assumption of the Virgin Mary, "Adormirea Maicii Domnului" in Romanian) erected on the site of a church dating from the end of the 18th century (1780). The wooden church houses an old icon from 1584, received from Jerusalem, together with the icon of Saint Nicholas, which escaped unharmed from the fire of 1929 and which, being considered a miracle worker, always has a burning candle.
The Lepșa Monastery was founded in 1774, when a disciple of Saint Basil from Poiana Mărului was building a hermitage. In 1952, Lepșa became a monastery of nuns. In 1960, the nuns were expelled and the monastery was abolished. The communists turned it into a forestry warehouse, then into a stable and finally into a school camp. Abandoned during the communist era, the monastery will be re-established in 1990.
Church painting
In the new church at Lepsa Monastery, Vrancea County, Romania, see the photo of the church below.
The monastery has a wooden church (Assumption of the Virgin Mary, "Adormirea Maicii Domnului" in Romanian) erected on the site of a church dating from the end of the 18th century (1780). The wooden church houses an old icon from 1584, received from Jerusalem, together with the icon of Saint Nicholas, which escaped unharmed from the fire of 1929 and which, being considered a miracle worker, always has a burning candle.
The Lepșa Monastery was founded in 1774, when a disciple of Saint Basil from Poiana Mărului was building a hermitage. In 1952, Lepșa became a monastery of nuns. In 1960, the nuns were expelled and the monastery was abolished. The communists turned it into a forestry warehouse, then into a stable and finally into a school camp. Abandoned during the communist era, the monastery will be re-established in 1990.