The historic church originally belonged to the female monastery of Stavropoleos. It was built in 1724 in the style of Brâncovenesc, known as the Romanian Renaissance. Most of the monastery buildings were demolished at the end of the 19th century, only the church and the library building from the turn of the 19th and 20th century have survived.
The original monastery also has a collection of historic icons, mainly from the beginning of the 18th century, and a collection of liturgical items. What's more, you can see recovered fragments of wall paintings and frescoes from Romanian churches demolished during the communist regime.
The church library houses the largest Byzantine collection of music books in the country. The entire collection has over 8,000 volumes and also contains a collection of theology, art and history. There are over 80 manuscripts and 400 old prints, including those written in Romanian, Greek and Church Slavonic.
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