| GPS | (47.641590118408; 26.262853622437) |
| district | Suceava |
| region | Suceava |
| locality | Suceava |
| address | |
| category | Religious attractions |
| year | 1522 |
| ethnic | Romanians |
The Monastery of St John the New was the metropolitan residence of Moldavia (1522-1677), today being the first residence of the archibishops of Suceava and Radauti (since 1991). The Monatsery has the relics of St John the New, which were brought in 1589 from Mirăuţi Church (the former metropolitan Cathedral of Moldavia). The monastery complex comprises 5 objectives: ”St. George” church (1514-1522), the tower bell (1589), the prior's house- chapel (1629), the abbacy (the XIXth century), the cells building (the XIXth century). In the year 1993, UNESCO included ”St. George” church of the monastery, together with other 6 churches from the Northern Moldavia, on the list of the world cultural heritage, in the group of the painted churches of northern Moldavia. The prince Bogdan the IIIrd of Moldavia (1504-1517), started in the year 1514 to build a new church with the role of metropitan cathedral, which was completed by his son, Ștefăniță Vodă (1517-1527). The masters who built the church are unkonwn. It was intended to be the new headquarters of Moldavia Metropolitan Church and it was fully painted, inside and aut, between the years 1532 and 1534 during the reign of Petru Rareș, the iconographic programme being typical of the monuments made during this period. In 1579, the metropolitan Teofan from Râșca added the porch. In the year 1589, the prince Petru Șchiopul (1574-1577, 1578-1579 și 1583-1591) moved here the relics of the Saint John the New from Mirăuți Church. At the same, a porch was added and the bell tower on the northern side of the monatsery was built. St John the New Monastery had also a teological school, supported by the great metropolitans of that time. Caligraphers, wood and metal engravers, miniaturists or Romanian, Greek and Slavic teachers worked here. Between the years 1898 and 1910, the Austrian arhitect Karl Romstorfer conducted extensive restoration works on the entire monastery complex.
