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The entrance door from Church of the Three Hierarchs.

The monastery with the “Saint Three Hierarchs” Church is considered the most beautiful foundation of Vasile Lupu ruler and in the same time is an architectonical jewel of Iasi. The dwelling was built up between 1637-1639, being sanctified by Varlaam Mitropolitan at 6 May 1639. The unique value in worldwide percentage is point out by the outside ornamentation, a stone embroidery from the base to the thick plank cornice. On North side of the pronaos, there are two niches which shelters the bones of the Vasile Lupu ruler’s family and in South side are deposited the bones of Dimitrie Cantemir ruler (1710-1711) and Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859-1866). Also in the same niche was deposited in 1641 the relics of Pious Saint Parascheva, with the celebration day at 14 October, and since 1889 it were moved in Metropolitan Cathedral.

At the end of XIX century, the church was restored from the base, after the leading of André Lecomte du Nouy architect. The painting, the catapetasma and the bronze furniture covered with gold, was made on Carol the 1st king’s expense.

Church of the Three Hierarchs from Iasi.

Then the resanctify of the church was in 1904. The historians register, among other things, two important monuments from the history of the monastery. The internal orthodox synod from Iasi, since 1642, when came here the representatives of main division of orthodoxy and in 1645 when Paisie of Jerusalem patriarch was anoint, former abbot at Galata Monastery.

The printing house from Three Hierarchs is considered the first one from Moldavia. From underneath of the printing press came the first book in Romanian language “The Romanian book about learning” (1643), as another reference books for Romanian culture.

In 1821, from the court of Three Hierarchs Church was taken the signal of Greek liberate, through Alexandru Ipsilanti’s voice, who gave a Proclamation (28 February 1821) in which affirms the objective points of hetaeria, in the war target of people’s liberate from Balcani.
Since 1997, in the inside of the monastery, was uncovered the bust of Mihai Eminescu, which lived a while in that place.

The dedication day of the church is the celebration of Three Hierarchs: Vasile the Great, Grigore de Nazianz, Ioan Gura de Aur, at 30 January.