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Ramet monastery

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The monastery is important for the Romanian history and culture. The first people to mention its old age are some of the 20 th century: Nicolae Iorga, Stefan Metes, Virgil Vataseanu. They placed its beginning in the 15 th Century, as it comes out from the inscription stone above the entrance door of the church. More recent researches made use of some special techniques and discovered an inscription written on the second layer of painting which mentions the year 1377. The same inscription bears the name of painter Mihu from Crisu Alb, and what is more important, that of Archbishop Ghelasie. This indicates the fact that the church was built long before the date suggested by the abovementioned historians and that Transylvania has a higher ecclesiastic organisation under the leadership of a hierarch. At the same time, Mihu's painting is to be considered among the oldest mural paintings in the country. The reserches carried out to the present day have revealed seven succesive layers of painting belonging to different periods. The last layer of painting belongs to the 19 th Century. The architecture of the church tries to break away from under the Gotic influence and to promote a more Orthodox pattern.

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Ramet Monas tery has played an important role in pres erving the Orthodox faith 1700. oppres s ed by the Haps burg domination particularly after The monas tery ran a s chool

1762.which was als o devas ted in 1969 , , In the monas tery s et up a mus eum to exhibit icons on wood icons on glas s

, . , old s ervice books and an important numismatic collec tion According to the local tradition the , , people in the monas tery and the vec inity have honoured a monk by name Ghelas ie who s eems

. 1992 to have been the archbis hop mentioned on the s econd layer of painting In he was .canonized by the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church

The need of the be lievers throughout the whole country to confes s and to pray at Ramet . Monas tery required the building of a new and larger church The architec ture of this church . repres ents a s ynthes is of the Moldavian and Walachian architec tural s tyles Its cons truction began

1982 , 29, 1992 , in and was finis hed ten years later when the church was cons ecrated on June and .dedicated to the Holy Apos tles Peter and Paul

95 The monas tery hous es s ome nuns and s is ters who pray and work according to the holy canons of the Orthodox monas teries