Agapia Monasteryis located at 9 km from the town of Targu Neamt, at 43 km from Piatra Neamt and to approximately 7 km from DN15C (national road), at an altitude of 480 m. The architectural complex is formed by 2 buildings:Agapia Veche Hermitage, which was built in the year 1585 by Petru Schipul and Agapia Monastery, raised with the money of Hatman Gavril in the year 1642 – he is the brother of prince Vasile Lupu – and rebuild by prince Sutu after the fire from 1821. Painted by Nicolae Grigorescu, in the year 1858, the church of Agapia Monastery becomes a true architectural jewelry which combines characteristics of the byzantine style with the neoclassic style and the Romanian art.
Address:Monastery Agapia, village Agapia, Neamt County, postal code 617010
Tel:+(40) 233 24 47 36 or +(40) 233 24 46 18
The patron of Agapia monastery:“Holy Archangels Michael and Gavriil” – November 8
Located on the valley of the creek Agapia – Topola, at the foot of Magura hill, Agapia Monastery is the only monastic settlement in the country that bears the name of “Christian love”, which comes from the Greek “agapis”. The monastery and surrounding area took the name from the monk named Agapie, which in the XIV century built in this area of Neamt County a wooden church. The first documentary in which Agapia Monastery is separated fromNeamt Monasteryin terms of land ownership was in 1437 in the Decision of Ilies Voda.
