Probota Monastery
Probota, Romania
About
Located in Probota, in Suceava County, Probota Monastery was built at the order of Prince of Moldova, Petru Rares. The name of this monastery is of Slavic origin and means "brotherhood". The construction of the halidom was executed under the guidance of the Moldavian ruler Grigore Rosca's cousin, hegumen of Probota Monastery, supported by the monks and lasted from 1530 until 1550. Petru Rares, son of Stefan cel Mare, with the occasion of building this house of worship, decided to break princely family tradition and foreordained the monastery as future necropolis for him and his successors. Thus, the future of "tomb" was endowed with jeweles and estates. This decision has apparently angered the monks of the time, they have therefore left the monastery to decline. Initiated by the Prince (after Saint Gheorghe in Harlau in 1530), Saint Nicholas Church is the second church, painted on the outside, but the painters didn't know the whole painting technique. This led to the gradual degradation of the fresco (the mural was executed in 1532). The plan of the building is in shape of a club, after the Byzantine tradition, the three apses being united by a central plan. Probota Monastery Church dedicated to Saint Nicholas is inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List.
