Maglavit Monastery
Maglavit Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Romania, located in Maglavit commune in Dolj County. It is built at the place where the shepherd Petrache Lupu would have seen God. The place was called "La buturug". Petrache Lupu was a deaf and mute shepherd that convinced hundreds of thousands of pilgrims that God appeared to him.[1] The monastery was closed in the communist period and opened after 1989.[2]
 Maglavit Monastery | |
  Location within Romania | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | nuns |
| Established | 14 September 1935 |
| People | |
| Important associated figures | Petrache Lupu |
| Site | |
| Location | Maglavit, Dolj County, Romania |
| Coordinates | 44°01′56″N 23°03′56″E |
| Public access | yes |
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Maglavit Monastery. |
- "Maglavit Village secures Dolj a place in the history of Christianity". Noneoclock.ro. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- "Mănăstirea Maglavit". Informatii-romania.ro. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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