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Mnstirea Agapia este situat pe valea prului Agapia - Topolia, la poalele culmii Mgura, n apropiere de Trgu Neam (la 9 kilometri), ntr-un cadru natural deosebit de pitoresc, nconjurat de culmi montane mbrcate cu pduri seculare. Agapia Monastery (Romanian: Mnstirea Agapia) is a Eastern Orthodox monastery located 9 km west of Trgu Neam, Neam County, Bukovina, Romania.

M n stirea Agapia Nou Mnstirea Agapia din judeul Neam este singura aezare monahal din ar care poart numele de "dragoste cretin" grecescul "agapis". Mnstirea i-a preluat numele de la Sihastrul Agapie care, conform tradiiei ar fi ridicat n secolul al XIVlea, n aceasta zona a Neamului o bisericu din lemn. Numele acestui clugr a fost preluat apoi i de munii care nconjoar mnstirea, de pru i de aezarea din vale. Noua mnstire a fost construit ntre 16 octombrie 1642 i 3 septembrie 1644 de hatmanul Gavriil Coci fratele domnitorului Vasile Lupu i a sotiei sale, cneaghina Liliana. S-a sfinit la 12 septembrie 1647, n acest rstimp construindu-se chiliile ce formeaz incinta mnstirii, iar la rsrit clopotnia, construcie masiv din piatr de granit. Biserica din incinta a fost construit din piatr i crmid dup un plan arhitectural treflat, asemntor Bisericii Trei Ierarhi din Iasi, cu turla pe naos, de ctre arhitectul Ionasc Enache Ctisi, Constantinopolitanul - arhitect de curte al lui Vasile Lupu. Biserica a primit hramul Agapiei Vechi - Sfinii Arhangheli Mihail i Gavriil, sfinirea fiind fcut de Mitropolitul Varlaam Motoc. Deasupra uii de intrare n biseric este pisania, ncrustat n marmur cu litere slavone i icoana hramului Sfinii Arhangheli Mihail i Gavriil, n mozaic de Murano. Pictura este opera marelui pictor Nicolae Grigorescu. A fost executat n anii 1858-1862, cnd artistul avea 20 de ani. Mnstirea Agapia, cu un numr de aproximativ 340 de maici, se situeaz pe locul al doilea ntre cele mai mari mnstiri de maici din ar, dup Vratec, aflat n apropiere, care gzduiete un numr de aproape 420 de maici. In Agapia, aproape 100 de maici vieuiesc n obtea mnstirii, iar celelate n satul monahal. Toate maicile au viaa de sine i fac ascultare de maica stare.

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Agapia Monastery
Agapia Monastery ("New Agapia" or "Downhill Agapia") was built between 1642-1647 by hatman Gavriil Coci, the brother of Voivode (ruling prince) Vasile Lupu. The Church dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel was designed by the court architect of Vasile Lupu, a certain Ionasc (or Enache) Ctisi, possibly originating from Constantinople. The Metropolitan of Moldavia, Varlaam Mooc, officiated at the consecration ceremony, which Vasile Lupu himself attended. On this occasion, hetman Gavriil donated to the monastery a Gospel book written on parchment and decorated with miniatures of the Evangelists, as well as a silver gilt filigree cross with eight arms. The monastery was attacked and damaged by Turks and Tartars in 1671-1672, robbed by Tartars in 1674-1675 and by Polish in 1680, damaged again by the soldiers of king Jan III Sobieski of Poland between 1689-1693. The monastery became a convent for nuns in 1803, by order of ruling princeAlexandru Moruzi. He founded also here a school for nuns. On 16 September 1821, the monastery was seriously damaged by a fire, but it was restored soon. It was restored and enlarged between 1848 and 1858 (when the church underwent several notable modifications), between 1858-1862, in 1882, 1903 (after the fire of 23 July) and 1968. It was painted by the great Romanian painter Nicolae Grigorescu, between 18581861. Attracted by the beauty of the landscape and the surrounding sights, as well as by the peacefulness of the spiritual life of the holy establishment, many writes and cultural personalities visited this monastery particularly in the summertime. It was here that they could rest and work in peace, far from the maddening crowd. Today, it is one of the largest monasteries of nuns in Romania, with 300-400 nuns and being second in population after Vratec Monastery. The Old Agapia Skete is affiliated to the monastery.

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Valsul fluturilor - Eugeniu Doga

Personal Pictures (July 21, 2013)