Humor Monastery

This church was built in the early 15th century by boyar Oana Vornicul and was later on rebuilt by Cezar Bubuiog, the chancellor of Prince Petru Rares.
The village called today “Manastirea Humor” was located on the estate once belonging to Teodor Bubuiog, a dedicated servant of the Voivode Stephan the Great. His image is painted on the wall near his grave inside the church. The altar screen is crowned with an old carved cross dating back to 1590. In the open porch sustained by 4 pillars we could admire one of the finest religious masterpiece: “Mary and the Child”.

The master painter of the church was Toma of Suceava. As may other artists of the time he painted his own portrait on the southern wall, acting in one of the three scenes of Constantinopole’s Siege: in the thickest of the fight we have to look among the fighters for a horseman who hurt with his spear the commander of the Turkish cavalry. The winds, rains and snowfalls have destroyed “Ieseu’s Tree “ on the northern wall.