www.pelerintour.com - a new website with great opportunities to visit Romanian Monasteries

Added: (Tue Oct 10 2006)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Bucharest, 10 of October 2006, Pelerin Tour invites you to visit the new website www.pelerintour.com

Pelerin Tour is a travel agency located in Bucharest, Romania.
By the courtesy of high hierarchy of the Moldavian monasteries, Pelerin Tour can offer to interested tourists
a possibility to come closer to the monastic orthodox cultural life in one of the famous Romanian historical provinces,
namely Bucovina.


Pelerin Tour recommend you a very special offer for your soul: The Tour of the Bucovina Monasteries

Situated in a wonderful blessed landscape, with large fields and valleys, with forests and clear springs,
this Romanian famous region is a craddle of spirituality and a center of attracton for those loving art;
frescos painted in light colours, scenes from the saints' life. Known under the name of the Up Region of Moldavia,
Bucovina is a historical region situated in the north-eastern side of Romania, a realm where the Romanian history
and tradition are mostly expressed. After the fights, princes used to build a monastery, as a sign of thanksgiving
to the Divinity for the victories obtained in front of the Ottomans. Expression of their desire to keep the culture
and the Orthodox faith, these real architectonical and spiritual jewelries will be meant to remind the future generation
about their ancestors' sacrifice to achieve a remarkable inheritance: language, tradition and culture, defining
elements for every nation.


Rasca monastery was constructed in two stages. In 1512, Bogdan III constructed the Monk's quarters. In 1540, Macarie,
bishop of the city of Roman, together with Lords Ioan and Teodor Bals, constructed the church with the veneration day
"St. Nicholas". Strong, high walls incorporating slats and towers were constructed around the church in 1542 on the
orders of Petru Rares.
The interior and exterior paintings were executed in 1551-1554, and the votive portrait depicts King Petru Rares with
his family.
Only a very few monasteries have been so highly treasured by the Moldavian royal families with both interior and
exterior painting Today, Rasca is binnding together the spiritual purpose of a monastery with the modern demands of
contemporary tourism.

Visit www.pelerintour.com to find out more details about Romanian Monasteries.