Wooden Church In Bicazu Ardelean - Pârâul Caprei Bicazu Ardelean

From DN 12C Bicaz – Lacu Roşu (The Red Lake), Bicazu Ardelean village, to Telec, on a asphalted road, we can arrive to the wooden church in Pârâul Caprei that has as a dedication day the one of Saint Dumitru.

In this exquisite yew tree wooden church built on a yew tree foot the service was made constantly, until our days. It is the oldest Christian - Orthodox church on Bicaz Valley, from Bicaz Chei to further than Bicaz, to Pângăraţi, the only wodden church of our county wholly painted inside. Therefore, the wodden church from Bicazu Ardelean is one of the most valuable historical monuments in Neamţ county.

Enterring the church and watching the painting of the woven interior, you seem to be in another period when you can see the natives working in harmony for building this jewel dedicated to God, that is in 1629, the living time of a great Christian - Orthodox community – as Josef Benkö mentions in his work – “ Milcovia”. Therefore, by illustrating the harmony between the natives, we can find a distinct feature of Romanian people in the cemetery of the church with Orthodox – Greek – Catholic graves.