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Along with the rest of Bessarabia, the Chitcani Monastery came under Romanian rule and the jurisdiction of the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]] following the collapse of the Russian Empire. Bessarabia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940 and the repression of religious life experienced in the rest of the USSR began in the region, which eventually became a member republic of the USSR. In 1962 the Chitcani Monastery was closed and turned into a hospital.
In 1989 the church of the Chitcani Monastery was reopened and in 1990 the Monastery was formally reestablished. In 1995 the abbot of the Monastery was elected Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova.
==External Links==
*[http://www.noul-neamt.ru/ Noul Neamţ Monastery] (Official Website)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noul_Neam%C5%A3_Monastery Noul Neamţ Monastery] (Wikipedia)