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Japca Monastery

Bursuc, Italy

Japca Monastery

The Japca Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Japca) is a monastery in Florești District, Moldova. The Japca Monastery is situated on the shore of Nistru River at a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Camenca. It is the only monastery from Basarabia which was never closed by the Soviet authorities.

The monastery has no electricity and services are conducted in old Church Slavonic.

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