List of churches established by Stephen the Great

Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldavia, established a number of Romanian Orthodox churches and monasteries as ktitor. The tradition that he built one after every battle he won is untrue, but he did build certain ones in honor of victories and in memory of his fallen soldiers. Based on the carved inscriptions placed contemporaneously to his reign, Stephen built the following churches, plus an additional two that were added later based on local tradition, without indicating the date of construction. He almost certainly established additional churches (at least seven others are attributed to him), but these are the ones for which there is clear documentation.

Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Dormition of the Theotokos Church, Putna Monastery	Putna	1466-1469
	Milișăuți	1487 (destroyed 1917)
	Kiliya, Ukraine	1482
Holy Cross	Pătrăuți	1487
	Sfântu Ilie	1488
St. George Church, Voroneț Monastery	Gura Humorului	1488
Beheading of St. John the Baptist	Vaslui	1490
St. Nicholas	Iași	1491-1492
	Hârlău	1492
Dormition of the Theotokos	Borzești	1493-1494
	Huși	1495
	Dorohoi	1495
St. Nicholas Church, Popăuți Monastery	Botoșani	1496
Holy Archangel Michael Church,	Războieni	1496
Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Tazlău Monastery	Tazlău	1496-1497
Ascension of the Lord Church, Neamț Monastery	Vânători-Neamț	1497
Nativity of St. John the Baptist	Piatra Neamț	1497-1498
St. John the New chapel and bell tower, Bistrița Monastery	Bistrița, Neamț	1498
(bell tower)	Piatra Neamț	1499
	Volovăț	1500-1502
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Dobrovăț Monastery	Dobrovăț	1503-1504
	Reuseni	1503-1504
	Râmnicu Sărat	1704 (inscription)
	Scânteia	1846 (inscription)

References[]

• (in Romanian) Biserici și mănăstiri at the Ștefan cel Mare site of Putna Monastery; accessed October 14, 2012