Saint John the New Monastery

Saint John the New Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Suceava, Romania. Built between 1514 and 1522, the monastery church is considered one of eight buildings that make up the church buildings of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also indexed as a ancient monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. Its creation commenced at some point of the reign of voivode Bogdan III the One-Eyed of Moldavia, after the close by Mirauti Church became devastated in 1513. The creation was completed by way of Stephen IV of Moldavia.

The monastery church served as metropolitan cathedral of Moldavia until 1677 and, in view that 1991, it serves because the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti. The church is devoted to Saint George and it has frescoes painted on the out of doors, traditional of the area. The monastery is dedicated to Saint John the New of Suceava, a Moldavian monk who preached for the duration of Turkish career and become eventually martyred in Cetatea Alba, present-day Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine. Alexander I of Moldavia added his relics to Suceava in 1402. Besides the enormous church, the monastery complex includes a bell tower constructed.