Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania. Its church is built in Brâncovenesc style. The patrons of the church are St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel. [Wikipedia]
It is only a tiny church, but simply stunning.
I met these two lovely ladies while at the Stavropoleos Monastery. They knew each other as children – now one lives in Canada and the other elsewhere in Europe – but they recently ran into each other again. Synchronicity ~ Serendipity! I love it.
~ Bella
My night out with the girls started with me being early, so I decided to enjoy a bowl of soup and read my book... ...only to then be told that they were sorry, but although we had reservations, the restaurant and bar were now closed for a party (complete with…
After visiting the Stavropoleos Monastery, and wandering past the beautiful and also historic Negresco (built 1883)... ...I continued wandering around the Old Town and meandered past the beautiful Palace of the Deposits and Consignments. It is the headquarters of the CEC Bank that began construction in 1897 and was completed…