St. Gheorghe Church at Stefan cel Mare
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About
The "St. Gheorghe" church in Ștefan cel Mare is an Orthodox church, founded in 1636 by the ruler Vasile Lupu, in the village of Şerbești (today the village of Ștefan cel Mare in Neamț county). It underwent changes in 1922.
The place of worship stands on a plateau dominating the eastern part of the village, surrounded by a comprehensive enclosure, surrounded by strong stone walls. The church was included on the List of Historical Monuments in Neamț County in 2004.
Along time, the Church of "St. George" in Ștefan cel Mare benefited from donations of cult objects or other odors from the owners of the estate, mainly the Cantacuzine boyars. Among the precious scents that are in the parish's heritage, the following should be mentioned:
"a gold-polished silver chalice, engraved with the following inscription: "Io Cantacuzino vel Spătar, leat 1767"
In the churchyard, near the southern wall of the place of worship, there are two old tombs, with funerary monuments of remarkable artistic value above them. One of the graves is that of Prince Alexandru Ilie Cantacuzino, who died in Karlsbad (today the city of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic) in 1859 and was reburied in Şerbești ten years later, by his wife, Princess Elena Cantacuzino. And the second tomb has above it an obelisk with an iron cross on top; an almost illegible inscription is engraved on the plinth and above it, the double-headed eagle (the coat of arms of the Cantacuzino family), carved in high relief.
The place of worship stands on a plateau dominating the eastern part of the village, surrounded by a comprehensive enclosure, surrounded by strong stone walls. The church was included on the List of Historical Monuments in Neamț County in 2004.
Along time, the Church of "St. George" in Ștefan cel Mare benefited from donations of cult objects or other odors from the owners of the estate, mainly the Cantacuzine boyars. Among the precious scents that are in the parish's heritage, the following should be mentioned:
"a gold-polished silver chalice, engraved with the following inscription: "Io Cantacuzino vel Spătar, leat 1767"
In the churchyard, near the southern wall of the place of worship, there are two old tombs, with funerary monuments of remarkable artistic value above them. One of the graves is that of Prince Alexandru Ilie Cantacuzino, who died in Karlsbad (today the city of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic) in 1859 and was reburied in Şerbești ten years later, by his wife, Princess Elena Cantacuzino. And the second tomb has above it an obelisk with an iron cross on top; an almost illegible inscription is engraved on the plinth and above it, the double-headed eagle (the coat of arms of the Cantacuzino family), carved in high relief.