Cernica Monastery, ancient center of prayer and culture, was build, according to what Radu Voda Serban stated in his 1608 acts, by order of the Governor Cernica Stirbei. In that year, the Governor Cernica decided to have the old monastery refurbished, surrounding it with fields, forests and villages and giving it his name in memory of his family.
Set in a quaint site near Bucharest, the monastery rises in the middle of a lake, surrounded by secular forests, attracting those who love nature as well as the worshippers. Two imposing churches, some chapels dedicated to the most famous saints, and a book and religious art museum, survived the many periods to form the holy patrimony of the monastery. The cell complex that houses the 84 monks living in the monastery is practically just a great fortress, built in the architectural style that is typical of the plains. In fact it is quite low, so that it is not very easily spotted, yet rather massive to provide protection to the inhabitants.
