Stavropoleos Monastery is absolutely beautiful.
Stavropoleos Monastery, Mănăstirea Stavropoleos in Romanian, also known as Stavropoleos Church (Biserica Stavropoleos). It’s an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest. We saw a nun singing beautifully outside of the monastery before the prayer session. The church is built in a unique Romanian architectural style, Brâncovenesc.
The Brâncovenesc style, also known as Wallachian Renaissance and Romanian Renaissance, is an art and architectural style that evolved during the Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He was an extremely wealthy aristocrat, and a builder of fine palaces and churches.
The patrons of Stavropoleos church are St. Archangels Michael, and Gabriel. The name Stavropoleos is a Romanian rendition of a Greek word, Stauropolis, meaning “The city of the Cross”.
The paintings inside of the church are absolutely amazing. The dome’s paintings were restored at the beginning of the 20th century, after years of suffering from earthquakes and communist regime.
fantastic – must be a Turkish influence!