Ciuflea Monastery · Mănăstirea Ciuflea · Sf. Teodor Tiron
The first monastery in the capital, per its own history page · you can stay the night, with conditions
A visit to the church with nine gilded cupolas and the graves of the Ciufli brothers, on a Sunday at the liturgy
Yes, for a living church with history in the centre · nine gilded cupolas, the founders' graves by the wall, "the candle of the faith" kept in the years of atheism, per the monastery. Free entrance, modest dress. A visitor in a wheelchair was not allowed into the chapel.
The Monastery of the Holy Great Martyr Theodore Tyron, popularly known as the Ciuflea Monastery, at Strada Ciuflea 12, not far from the historic centre, open daily from 7:00 to 19:00, free entrance. Per its own history page, the church is a white stone temple with nine gilded cupolas, built by the brothers Teodor (1796-1854) and Anastasie (1801-1870) Ciufli, buried near the south wall, where a marble plaque remembers them. From 1962 it was the Episcopal Cathedral of Chișinău and, the monastery writes, "in the hard times of atheism the candle of the faith was kept burning here", most of the clergy of the time being ordained here. In 2002 it became a monastery, the first in the capital, with its registration certificate from 8 August 2002; there is also a new chapel on the grounds, and since 2008 the icon of the Mother of God "Portaitissa", brought from Athos, is kept here. Reviews describe an atmospheric, spiritual, peaceful place, beautiful inside, big and old, a working church "open to all who need it". It is a nuns' monastery, many of them do not speak Romanian, and you can stay overnight, with conditions. One review, though, is harsh: a visitor in a wheelchair writes the nuns would not let him bring the wheelchair into the chapel and he had to crawl on his knees to see the altar.
- A white stone temple with nine gilded cupolas, per the monastery's history
- Founded by the brothers Teodor and Anastasie Ciufli, buried near the south wall
- An episcopal cathedral from 1962 · "the candle of the faith" kept in the years of atheism, the monastery writes
- An atmospheric, spiritual, peaceful place, beautiful inside
- A working church, open to all · free entrance
- The first monastery in the capital, since 2002 · you can stay overnight, with conditions
No g0er has reviewed yet. Be the first.
“Nice place to visit. Entrance free Ciuflea Monastery – an Orthodox women's monastery in Chișinău, in the city center, on Ciuflea Street, in the jurisdiction of the Chișinău Eparchy of the Moldavian Orthodox Church.”
“An atmospheric, spiritual, and peaceful place. It's beautiful inside, smells pleasant, and is warm. It's also a working church, open to all who need it and who want it.”
“A beautiful monastery with very unpleasant nuns. I wasn’t allowed to bring my wheelchair into the chapel because of the nuns, and had to crawl on my knees if I wanted to see the altar.”
- A visitor in a wheelchair was not allowed into the chapel · he had to crawl on his knees, he writes
- Nuns described as "very unpleasant" by the same visitor
- Many nuns do not speak Romanian, per one review
- Modest dress, as in any monastery