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The belfry tower (30 meters height), from the entrance in the court of Golia Monastery.

Built up in a place of a cult dwelling since XVI century, the church of the Golia Monastery was built between 1650-1653 at the time of Vasile Lupu ruler and his son, Stefan Voda.

The monastery is surrounded by a wall, having in the corners domes and a belfry tower, 30 meters height, with 120 steps. At the end of XIX century, was attached a balcony to the tower from where a fireman supervises the town and to start the alarm in a fire event. Near the tower is a pump since Alexandru Moruzi’s ruler, which was put again in function in the summer of 2007.

The church of the Golia Monastery in a restoration process.

In the house with columns, built up in XVIII century, lived temporary Ion Creanga deacon (the writer in coming who will buy the house in Ticau district known as “Bojdeuca lui Ion Creanga“). The monastery was closed between 1900-1947, then became a parochial church until 1992, when was reopen as a missionary monastery. In the inside, from the initial furniture it is keeping the lordly thrones, a chandelier having the signatures of Vasile Lupu and four candlesticks.

A lot of funeral stones and tombs from the pronaos and church porch shows the significance of the church in the last centuries. In addition, in this place there are a part from mortal remains of Potemkin prince at 1791 and the first native ruler, after the Phanariots, Ioan Sandu Sturdza at 1842. There’s no doubt that in Golia Church was performed the lordly marriage ceremony of Constantin Duca and Maria Brancoveanu, in 1693 and Antioh Cantemir with Catrina in 1696, by the patriarch of Tarigrad, Iacov.

Golia Monastery.

Nowadays, Golia Monastery is a guide point for people from Iasi and for those who are visiting the Moldavian town. In the buildings of the monastery, it is the Cultural-missionary Institute Trinitas, organized by publishing typography and since the spring of 1998, the Trinitas Radiostation spread abroad on 92,70 MHz of frequency daily.

Golia Monastery has three dedication days: Ascension of Lord (at 40 days after Easter), The Curing River (Friday, in the lighted week) and the Holy Trinity (the second day at Rusalii).

The church of the Golia Monastery.

The church of the Golia Monastery.