The current doorway is by the white wall.
The inside is painted beautifully. The whole ceiling is painted but it is so old that it can hardly be made out as painting.
This is inside the middle window up above.
This is the doorway to the monastery at Curtea De Arges, the nearest town to camp. We went here on the second weekend after the kids left. The inside was very beautiful, with gold inlay and plating everywhere. There was a priest sitting down inside who at first we thought was a wax statue but then he moved and we were a little startled.
The outside of the monastery at Curtea De Arges. This monastery is on the Romania $1 bill.
Okay, now I'm cheating a little bit. We saw this monastery at Sinaia when we went there on our last trip to Romania. It was this monastery that attracted the first king to build his castle nearby.
The bell tower at Sinaia.
This is a typical Icon on the outside of a church. It is actually a mural, not a painting.
1 comment:
how beautiful.
you have seen some things i wish i could go and see too!!!
the picture of the middle window, FYI, is a door - actually all three are doors into the Altar - the 'wall' that the doors are in is called an iconostasis and means, from what i understand, icon screen. the middle door usually is made of two smaller doors (opening like a french door) and is called the Royal Doors as that is where the Gospel (the book covered up on the Altar) is read from and the Priest brings the Chalice out for Communion from the Royal Doors. The other two doors are called the Deacon doors, as that is where the Deacon/s, etc come in and out. often these doors have the icons of ArchAngel Micheal and Gabriel on them.
do you know if this monestary is still in use? the Altar cloths look quite new...
i can only imagine seeing these beautiful churches! thanks again for sharing!
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