# Tiganesti Monastery

- **Type:** Experience
- **Language:** en
- **Offered by:** The moldova.travel catalogue
- **Region:** The Codru Forests
- **Category:** Culture
- **Coordinates:** 47.300000, 28.550000
- **Tags:** Culture, Cultură, Monasteries, Routes of life, Rutele vieții, Культура, Мănăstiri, Монастыри, Пути жизни
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-21T20:07:13+03:00
- **Canonical page:** https://travel.evisoft.com/en/experiences/230-tiganesti-monastery
- **This document:** https://travel.evisoft.com/en/experiences/230-tiganesti-monastery.md

## Description

The Tiganesti Monastery near Chisinau was built in 1725 by a member of the Moldovan aristocracy, Lupu Dencu, and freed serfs. Tatars and other invaders destroyed it many times over the centuries, but it has risen from the ashes in every instance. A stark reminder of the battles waged on the monastery’s grounds are the graves of hundreds of Romanian, Russian and German soldiers lost in World War II. After the war, in 1945, Red Army soldiers arrived to close the monastery. The chief monk, Ioachim Burlea, was so hospitable, and the monks’ piety so touching, that the soldiers left without closing it. In 1960, Soviet authorities finally forced its closure, burning its books and relics except for a painting of Patelimon, a miraculous healer whom the Romans killed for being Christian. The same year, the Soviets converted the monastery into a psychiatric hospital.

\- Distance from Chisinau: 30 km - Visiting hours: Monday – Sunday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. - Type: Monastery for monks

## Photos

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