Holy Trinity Monastery, Rudi · Mănăstirea Sfânta Treime - Rudi
A women’s monastery in the Rudi woods, northern Moldova · church built in 1777, per the site
The Holy Trinity church, built in 1777 according to the ortodox.md page, and the wood around it, where one review describes the earth circular fortress Farfuria Turcului and a waterfall near the entrance.
Worth it if you can give a full day to northern Moldova and want quiet, woods and an old church · it is 165 km from central Chisinau in a straight line, not an afternoon outing. Before you go: one five-star review simply says hard to access, and another says women need a skirt and a head covering to enter the monastery. Visiting hours, any fees and guided tours appear in no source · the ortodox.md page lists only a phone number, and Google shows the place as open 24 hours.
A women’s monastery at Rudi, Soroca district, in northern Moldova, 165 km from central Chisinau in a straight line. The Google address is only Moldova; reverse geocoding the coordinates gives the village of Rudi, Soroca district. According to the ortodox.md page, the Holy Trinity church was built in 1777 in the Moldavian style, the monastery was closed in 1846, reopened in 1921, shut by the Soviets in 1948 and used as a children’s TB hospital, and reconstruction work started in 1993. The same page puts it 15 km from Otaci, not far from the Nistru, with the road following the bank of the Bulboaca, a tributary of the Nistru. Google reviews talk about quiet, woods and a river with clean water. One review describes an earth-clad circular fortress called Farfuria Turcului, the Turk’s Plate, and a waterfall easy to find in the wood near the entrance. Another says women need a skirt and a head covering to enter the monastery, and that the list of rules is long. A five-star review simply says hard to access, without describing the road.
- Probably the most beautiful monastery in Moldova, per one review
- Quiet and few tourists · two reviews call it very quiet, one adds that it is not crowded by tourists
- Woods and a river with clean water around it, per reviews
- The earth circular fortress Farfuria Turcului, described in one review
- A waterfall easy to find in the wood near the entrance, per one review
- The Holy Trinity church, built in 1777 in the Moldavian style, per the site
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“Probably the most beautiful monastery in Moldova. Located in a scenic place between wood and the border of Nistru (Dnester) river. The site holds a rich history and numerous archeological artefacts including an ancient earth-clad circular fortress known under the name Farfuria Turcului (Turk's Plate). A beautiful waterfall can be easily found in the wood not far from the entran…”
“A very quiet place in north of Moldova. It is a monastery for women and there is quite big list of rules if you want to enter there. We must need to have a skirt and something on their head because without it you can’t enter there.”
“The monastery has a special vibe to it. It’s located in the middle of the woods, next to s wonderful river with clean water. Highly recommend visiting it! #MakeMoldovaGreatAgain”
- Hard to access, says one five-star review · no source describes the state of the road
- Entry rules: per one review, women need a skirt and a head covering, and the list of rules is long
- 165 km from central Chisinau in a straight line · it takes a full day
- No visiting hours, fees or guided tours in any source · the site lists only a phone number, and Google shows the place as open 24 hours