Noul Neamţ Monastery

Noul Neamţ (Romanian; , Novo-Nyametsky) is an all-male monastery located in Chiţcani, near Tighina, geographically in Basarabia but controlled by the breakaway Transnistrian authorities. It is also known as Mănastirea Chiţcani (Russian: Kitskani Monastery), and it is the biggest religious complex under the control of Transnistrian authorities.
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 in Romania left and founded Noul-Neamţ in Chiţcani. The founding of the new monastery was a protest against the measures taken in Romania to confiscate monastery estates and forbid the usage of Slavonic language in worship.Renaşterea mînăstirii Noul Neamţ
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.New Neamţ monastery, article in "Lumea Credinţei" 
==References==
==External links==
* Kitskani Monastery
*"Moldova Noastră" commentary
*Chiţcani Monastery
Category:Christian monasteries in Moldova
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 19th century 
ro:Mănăstirea Noul Neamţ din Chiţcani
ru:Кицканский монастырь