Sihastria Putnei Monastery-Bucovina-Romania Stock Photography

Located in northern Bukovina, 4 km from the Putna Monastery, the Putna Hermitage is today a haven of peace, tranquility and blessing, springing from a centuries-old past of holiness and will.According to the Putna Hermitage Historian, authored by the abbot Sila 1753-1781, the Putna Hermitage was founded during the reign of the Blessed Voivode Stephen the Great and Saint, when we also learned about the first living of the Hermitage known as: a Tatar Christianized, then a monk by the name of Athanasius, who came here from the Putna Monastery