Monastery of the Three Hierarchs (Iasi)

It was built by Prince Vasile Lupu between 1637 and 1639, as a regency necropolis, dedicated to three saints: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and John Chrysostom, the defenders of the Nicene dogmas.  The relics of Saint Parascheva, sent by the Patriarchate of Constantinople have been brought into the church in June 1641. The church was repeatedly looted, burnt and hit by earthquakes, so it was rebuilt in the period 1882-1887 under the direction of architect André Lecomte du Nouy and repainted in 1898. It was reconsecrated in 1904. The building has a triconc plan, with an additional tower above the pronaos. The vault consists of two overlapping registers respectively four and eight vaulted arches in oblique arrangement, with pendants above them, which reduces the diameter of bell tower. Carved decorations cover all over the four facades, including the buttresses and archivolts on the sides and bottom of the bell tower. We can observe oriental,  typically Armenian and Georgian motives. The painting was made by Sidov Pospeev, Jacob Gavrilov, Nicolae Zugravul cel Batran and Stefan. The building is a historical monument, located on the Boulevard Stefan cel Mare no. 28.