churches of Moldavia
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How it came to be
In Suceava County, in the north of Romanian Moldavia, churches built from the late 15th to the late 16th century have their outer walls covered with frescoes inspired by Byzantine art. In 1488 Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldavia, built the Church of St George at Voronet in three months and three weeks to mark his victory at the Battle of Vaslui.
The practice of painting the outer walls was promoted by Stephen's son Petru Rares. At Moldovita, which he built in 1532, the frescoes were painted by Toma of Suceava in 1537. At Voronet in 1547 Metropolitan Grigorie Rosca added an exonarthex and had the exterior painted, and the whole west wall was given over to the Last Judgment.
The church of Sucevita Monastery was founded by members of the Movila family, and both its inner and outer walls are covered with murals. It is the only church in the group that shows the Ladder of St John Climacus. Seven churches were inscribed in 1993, and Sucevita was added in 2010.
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