# Frumoasa Monastery

- **Type:** Experience
- **Language:** en
- **Offered by:** The moldova.travel catalogue
- **Region:** The Codru Forests
- **Category:** Religious
- **Duration:** 0.8 h
- **Suitable for:** Couples, SoloTravellers, Groups
- **Coordinates:** 47.331653, 28.399338
- **Tags:** Culture, Cultură, Monasteries, Routes of life, Rutele vieții, Культура, Мănăstiri, Монастыри, Пути жизни
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-08T11:02:42+03:00
- **Canonical page:** https://demo.moldova.travel/en/experiences/218-frumoasa-monastery
- **This document:** https://demo.moldova.travel/en/experiences/218-frumoasa-monastery.md

## Description

Frumoasa Monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, is in Frumoasa village, Călărași district, in the Codri hills. It was founded in the early 19th century by the landowner Efrem Iurcu with three monks from Neamț Monastery, and is first documented in 1807. From 1946 to 1994 the Soviet authorities used the buildings as an orphanage, a school for the deaf and an institution for young offenders. It reopened in September 1994. Earlier visitors included the writer Mihail Sadoveanu and Bishop Visarion Puiu.

## Photos

![Frumoasa Monastery](https://demo.moldova.travel/mt-media/catalogue/manastirea-frumoasa/media/renditions/1280/manastirea-frumoasa.jpg.webp)

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