Starea monahismului din Moldova în a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea. Personalități, mănăstiri, schituri și recensământ monahal

In Moldova at the end of the 19th century, monastic life was still feeling the effects of the reform of the ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza, but after the War of Independence (1877-1878), a period of flourishing of monastery life was in sight. However, in the history of the organisation of monastic life in Moldavia, there are cases mentioned in which some of the monasteries and hermitages were proposed, at the request of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (address no. 8572 of 12 June 1892), for dissolution. The reason for these decisions was based on statistics from the territory which reflected an approximate situation of monastic life. A supporter of monastic life was Saint Hierarch Joseph Naniescu who, after urging the monks and nuns to actively participate in the War of Independence, tried to reorganize monasticism both from within, as a monk himself, and from outside, as a representative of the Moldavian Metropolitanate in the country's parliament. The present work seeks to capture aspects of the re-organisation of monasticism in Moldavia under the auspices of the guidance of Saint Hierarch Joseph Naniescu and the legislation of the Kingdom of Romania.