His holy relics were sent from here, in a silver, golden plated coffin to Dioniseu – Athos Monastery. Historic documents state that the canonization of Saint Hierarch Nifon (+1508), Patriarch of Constantinople and Metropolitan of Walachia (1500 – 1505) took place at Curtea de Arges, on 16 August 1517. The mortal remains of Kings Ferdinandand Carol I and Queens Elisabeth and Maria rest here as well. The relics of Saint Filofteea, parts of the relics of Saints Serghie, Vach and martyr Tatiana and the Great Saturday Gospel Resurrection, written in gold by Queen Elizabeth can also be found inside the monastery. Constantinescu from Curtea de Arges, and especially by the group of the 12 columns representing the 12 Apostles. Inside the church, the visitor’s attention is captured by the mural paintings in oil, made by the French painters F. The restoration works were finished in 1885, and the church was dedicated on 12 October 1886. The present shape was given by the French architect Andre Lecomte du Nouy and the Romanian architect Nicolae Gabrielescu, in the last half of the 19th century. Over time, it endured several restoration sessions.
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