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Stavropoleos Monastery
Mănăstirea Stavropoleos
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Stavropoleos in 2011
Religion
Affiliation Eastern Orthodox
Patron Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel
Year consecrated 2008
Status Active
Location
Location 4 Stavropoleos Street, Sector 3, Bucharest
Architecture
Architectural style Brâncovenesc
Founder Archimandrite Ioanichie Stratonikeas
Completed 30 October 1724
Materials Stone

Stavropoleos Monastery or the Stavropoleos Church (Romanian: Mănăstirea Stavropoleos or Biserica Stavropoleos), is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania that was built in the year 1724. The monastery was named after the Romanian version of a Greek word, Stauropolis, which means "The city of the Cross".

Images for kids

  • Stavropoleos-arh-mihail-1756

    Icon of Archangel Michael (1756) in the collection of the monastery. He is one of the patron saints of the church.

  • Stavropoleos (6)

    Handmade paintings and chandeliers

  • Szathmari - Stavropoleos, 1865

    Photograph from 1865 by Carol Szathmari

  • Stavropoleos-evanghelie-1723-p01

    Title page of the Holy and Godly Gospel Book (1723, now in the monastery's library) printed during the reign of Nicolae Mavrocordat.

  • Stavropoleos-anastasimatar-macarie-viena-1823-p11

    Byzantine music notation style in an 1823 "Book of Hymns at the Lord's Resurrection" from the monastery's library.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Monasterio Stavropoleos para niños

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