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Monks
Monastery Dervent (which means "Over the Valley"), sited 96 km
south-west from Constanta, was founded by the monk Elefterie Mihai in
1936, on a place named "Healing Cross", near ex-Roman fortress
Dervent, close to Danube bank.
The
church have four patrons: the
Pious Parascheva, the Healing Source, the
Ascension of the Holly Cross and Saint George.
In
1959, abbot Elefterie was dismiss by the communist authorities together
with the monks, and the monastery become Parrish church. In 1990, the
ex-abbot come back and reopen the monastery.
The
church was painted between 1987 and 1989 and in in good condition. |