Hincu and Capriana and Condritsa three monasteries in one day

Adventure tour in Chisinau

Tour Price : 85 euro Duration : 4-5 hours Languages: English, Russian, Romanian, Turkish

Capriana monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Basarabia. For the first time it was mentioned in charters of Alexander the Kind in the 30's of the 15 th century. The first official document which contains data about Capriana Monastery is the Alexander the Kind royal charters dating from April 25, 1420 where the following was mentioned: “for our really devoted servant and nobleman Mr. Oana Vornic we offer our country which is Moldova the villages: Hancu Monastery was raised up on a nuns’ hermitage in 1678 by the Great High Steward Mihail Hancu due to the wish of one of his daughters, who accepted monasticism under the name of Parascheva.

The hermitage had the name of Viadica until the 17th century.Located in the midst of hills and forests, Hincu monastery was built in the year 1678. In fact it happened to be one of the wealthiest monasteries of Moldova. A large number of people visit this monastery especially in the month of October. Monastery Condriţa is an orthodox monastery from Repubilc of Moldova.

Its church is Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae and is situated in village Condriţa, localized on bank of Catargul River

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