"Saint Anna Women’s Monastery" Top 5 Page for this destination Chernivtsi Off The Beaten Path Tip by smschley

.... under construction

Saint Anna Women’s Monastery is built on the site where the popular local saint was martyred in the 13th century. The story goes that as the Tartars were rampaging through the area they spotted her. She ran up the hill in an attempt to escape. There is a lot of construction going on currently there, A large building is being erected which appears to be dorm areas for the nuns. There is also a smaller chapel that seems to be very new. There is a café there but it seems to be open only rarely. About half way down the hill is a small graveyard which appears to be in use. An elderly nun walked down there and I didn’t have enough guts to intrude. I had nuns for teachers as a kid and still have a fear of them :)