Bistrita Monastery
Valcea, Romania
 

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Location and Directions
Sf. Manastire Bistrita, Sat Bistrita, Comuna Costesti, Jud. Valcea, Romania

Description

The Bistrita Monastery is a Nuns Monastery, established at 1492 by Craiovescu brothers. One of the brothers, Barbu Craiovescu, has become a monastic after the Monastery was founded.
The Monastery treasures the holy relics of Sf. Grigorie Decapolitul