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Holy Ascension New Neamt monastery 1864-2014

The name (which means "New Neamţ" in English) signifies that the monastery is a successor of the Neamţ Monastery in Romania (medieval Moldavia).

The monastery was founded in 1861, when several monks from the Neamţ monastery left and founded Noul-Neamţ in Chiţcani. The founding of the new monastery was a protest against the measures taken in United Principalities of Romania to confiscate monastery estates and forbid the usage of Slavonic language in worship.

On 16 May 1962 Soviet authorities closed the monastery; the buildings became a hospital.

The monastery church was reopened in 1989, followed in 1991 by the Romanian-language school for Orthodox priests.

Holy Ascension New Neamt monastery 1864-2014
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In the center - the State Emblem of  the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic; along the rim - the inscription: at the top - «ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИЙ РЕСПУБЛИКАНСКИЙ БАНК» (Transnistrian Republican Bank), at the bottom - the Year of issue "2014"; at the bottom under the arms - the denomination  «1 РУБЛЬ» (1 ruble.)
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In the center - the image of  the monastery, above it - the inscription "1864-2014 gg" in a circle at the top - the inscription «СВЯТО-ВОЗНЕСЕНСКИЙ НОВО-НЯМЕЦКИЙ МОНАСТЫРЬ» (Holy Ascension Novo-Neamt monastery)
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Catalog ID: 
PMR216CC1
Value: 
€2
Mintage: 
50000
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Weight: 
4.65g
Diameter: 
22mm
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