The Voronet monastery lies in Romania
The church was founded in 1487 by Stephen the Great. There
are a lot of facts about the Voronet monastery, but I will leave that to the
Wiki and the Romanian touristic websites. Here I will show first pictures of
the church and then some details of the paintings.
Everything I really want to say about Voronet is just look!! Look at the beautiful murals on the outside of the church. (It is not allowed to take pictures inside.)
No wonder it is called "the Sistine Chapel of the East". They look amazingly fresh, as though they were painted not so long ago. In fact they date from 1534/35. Only on the north side of the church the weather has erased most of the frescoes.
On the south facade there is the “Tree of Jesse” (the family tree of Jesus). Plato and Aristotle seem to belong to the family. Look at the shade of blue; the “Voronet blue”. How they made it is even now a mystery.
The West facade depicts the Last Judgment.
It is obvious who goes to heaven – the people with the golden halos - and who to hell.
Look at the little gray devils and the creatures of Noah's ark.
The small white
persons in a kind of boxes or held up in cloths are the “souls”.
The walls are full of apostles, evangelists, saints, martyrs and a Biblical calendar.
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Wonderful temple and excellent pictures. This is really an unique place in Romania.
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