Antim Monastery

The Antim Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Antim) is a Romanian Orthodox church located in Bucharest, Romania on Mitropolit Antim Ivireanu Street, no. 29. It was built between 1713 and 1715 by Saint Anthim the Iberian, at that time a Metropolitan Bishop of Wallachia.^[1] The buildings were restored by Patriarch Justinian Marina in the 1960s. As of 2005, there were 7 monks living in the Monastery. The monastery also hosts a museum with religious objects and facts about the life of Anthim the Iberian.

AffiliationRomanian Orthodox Church

Year consecrated1715

LocationBucharest

CountryRomania

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Antim Monastery
Mănăstirea Antim
The church building of Antim Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Romanian Orthodox Church
Year consecrated	1715
Location
Location	Bucharest
Country	Romania
Shown within Bucharest, Romania
Coordinates	44°25′34.64″N 26°5′37.69″E
Architecture
Founder	Anthim the Iberian
Groundbreaking	1713
Completed	1715

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The Monastery is connected to the Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom. On January 22, 1941, led by Hieromonk Nicodem Ioniță, the monks of Antim armed themselves and, using explosives, blew up a synagogue on Antim Street. The numerous Jewish inhabitants of the neighborhood hid in terror. Some of the monks involved were graduates of the Cernica Seminary, a Legionary stronghold.^[2]

During the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the government threatened demolition of the church and many other historic structures in Romania. A project organized by engineer Eugeniu Iordăchescu moved the church to a different nearby site and saved it in time.^[3]