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Putna Monastery 560 years after its foundation: Its foundation reflected a country project, says a historiantranslated

July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

The fathers of the communities marked on Friday 560 years since the foundation of the Putna Monastery, officiating at the summer altar the Holy Liturgy and a Parastas for the founders, servants and collaborators passed on to the eternal ones.

Finally, Archim. Melchisedec Velnic, the abbot of the monastery, read extracts from a text dedicated to the monastery by the historian Ștefan S. Gorovei and published in the album "Evesnicii din țara Mușatilinor ctitorite în lemn, părătă i colore", published recently by Crimca Publishing House of the Archdiocese of Suceva and Rădăuţil.

About the "adornment" of Putna "Following the words of St. John the Golden Mouth, Stephen the Great loved the adornment of the House of God, but he understood this adornment in a more special sense, choosing to intertwine the needs of worship with what today we call art and culture. Greater adornment than was created in Putna, how could one imagine?", wrote the historian.

Ștefan S. Gorovei mentioned the contribution of the Lavra to Romanian culture and art throughout history, through hundreds of books of which dozens have survived, masterpieces of medieval embroidery and a music school that produced the famous hymnographer Eustatie Protopsalt.

Hotbed of culture and spirituality The Putna monastery celebrated its anniversary...

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Вера Новикова
I read with interest about the words of the historian Horovius about the “possession” of Putna. Indeed, when Stephen the Great combined service with real art, the result was something special, not just a church, but a whole hearth. It’s good that now they are again talking about these old manuscripts, embroideries and the school of Eustathius - without this our memory quickly fades.
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Васил Стефанов
Да, Горовией добре е казал за „подоабата“ – Стефан не е правил просто църква, а цяло място, където службата, книгите и везмото вървят заедно. Интересно ми е колко от онези сто и нещо ръкописа са оцелели точно в Putna. Хубаво че ги показват пак.
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Andreea Matei
M-am bucurat să citesc ce a spus istoricul Gorovei despre „podoaba” Putnei și cum Ștefan cel Mare a legat cultul de artă și cultură. Cele câteva zeci de cărți care au supraviețuit și broderiile acelea medievale chiar arată că a fost un adevărat focar, nu doar o mănăstire. Mă întreb dacă albumul nou de la Crimca are și poze din școala de muzică a lui Eustatie Protopsaltul.
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Vasile Constantinescu
Da, Gorovei are dreptate, podoaba aceea de la Putna nu era doar aurărie, ci un întreg meșteșug legat de slujbă. Albumul de la Crimca are câteva reproduceri frumoase după manuscrise și broderii, dar din păcate nu am văzut poze care să arate direct școala de muzică a lui Eustatie; mai mult note și imnuri copiate. Dumneata ai apucat să-l răsfoiești deja?
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Juraj Horváth
Gorovei dobre povedal, že Štefan cel Mare bral „podoabu“ ako spojenie bohoslužby s umením a kultúrou, nie len pozlátené steny. Zaujalo ma, že z tých stoviek kníh prežilo len desiatky a ešte aj broderie a škola, z ktorej vyšiel Eustatie. Album z Crimky by som si rada prezrela, hlavne tie reprodukcie rukopisov.
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Photini Miller
Mă bucur că Gorovei a vorbit despre „podoaba” Putnei legată de cult, artă și cultură, nu doar de aur. Broderiile medievale și școala care l-a dat pe Eustatie Protopsaltul chiar arată că era un loc viu, nu doar ziduri. Albumul de la Crimca pare să merite văzut, mai ales reproducerile alea după manuscrise.
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Ștefan Stan
Yes, Gorovei got that idea right with the ornament that doesn't stop at gold, but enters books and scales. The Crimca album has some clear reproductions of the old embroideries, I browsed through them the other day at the parish. Have you ever seen at a service in Putna how they still sing today from what Eustatie left?
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