Căpriana monastery

Căpriana Monastery is an active Moldovan Orthodox monastery in Strășeni District and is regarded as one of the country’s oldest monastic sites, with documentary mentions from the 15th century. It remains an important religious and cultural landmark in Moldova.

Visitors encounter several church buildings, monastic precincts and religious art; the complex functions as both a living monastery and a place for pilgrimage and worship. The site is noted for its historic architecture and for continuing religious ceremonies.

The monastery appears in written records from the early 1400s and has been rebuilt and repaired several times over the centuries, experiencing periods of decline and restoration. It continued as an ecclesiastical site through changing political regimes and was preserved as a religious center in independent Moldova.

Căpriana sits in central Moldova’s Strășeni District, approximately 40 kilometres north of the capital, Chișinău, and is reached by regional roads from the surrounding towns.

• Age and status: One of the oldest monastic foundations in Moldova, with documentary mentions dating to the 15th century and ongoing religious use by an Orthodox monastic community.
• Location and visitor access: Located roughly 40 kilometres north of Chișinău in Strășeni District, it is a regular destination for pilgrims and visitors exploring Moldova's religious sites.