Close to the Simion hill (968 meters altitude) left of the Bistrita river, in the middle of the woods, a man by the name of Iosif, having returned from a travel in the East, tried to start a hermitage of “besericani” (in English: approximately Church-goers, who were engaged in divine service around the clock) and he managed too, but only with the help of Prince Stefanita, grandson of Prince Stephen the Great, around 1512. Meanwhile, numerous donations were made (by Petru Rares, the Movila family, Stefan Tomsa, Radu Mihnea, Miron Barnovschi) and the place developed by 1627 into a rich monastery, with fortifier precincts and campanile.
The church was restored in 1789. Of a special artistic value is the altar screen, carved in oak wood.
Address: Bisericani, Neamt County, Romania
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