Pătrăuți Church

The Church of the Holy Cross, Pătrăuți Monastery

Pătrăuți Church

Image Archive

This image archive offers only a selection of views and details of the interior and exterior wall surfaces of the Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți Monastery. The entire archive consists of photographs gathered by Gabriel-Dinu Herea, Petru Palamar, and Alice Isabella Sullivan.

Exterior

Detail of the Last Judgment
General view of the church from NE
West facade with the Last Judgment
View of the church from SW
Detail of the dedicatory inscription

Pronaos

Christ Pantokrator in the dome
Procession of the Soldier Saints
Holy men
Pious women
Saint Zosima and Saint Mary of Egypt
East wall of pronaos
North wall of pronaos
South wall of pronaos
West wall of pronaos

Naos

The Annunciation
Entombment
Lamentation
Votive mural
Anastasis
Military saints
North wall of naos
Detail of north apse in naos
West wall of naos
South wall of naos
West wall of naos

Dome

Prophets
Naos dome
Reconstruction of naos dome decoration

Altar

Communion of the Apostles
Bishops
Melismos
Altar window
View of altar table
View of altar table
Bishops with Saint John the Baptist in the niche

Light

Below is only a selection of the observed natural light phenomena in the interior of Pătrăuți Church.

The east window of the tower illuminates the image of the Prophet Isaiah during the summer solstice
“Light path” at the equinoxes
Niche with Saint Auxentius illuminated on 22 December
Illumination of the altar during the summer solstice
Detail of Adam in the Anastasis, illuminated by the south window of the tower during the summer solstice
Detail of Christ grasping Adam’s arm, illuminated by the south window of the tower during the summer solstice
Illumination of the Anastasis during the summer solstice