The Principality of Moldavia was a medieval and early modern Orthodox Christian principality founded in the mid-fourteenth century in what is now eastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova, ruled for much of its history as an Ottoman tributary state before uniting with Wallachia in 1859. Its most celebrated ruler, Stephen the Great, endowed dozens of monasteries and churches across the principality, several painted with exterior frescoes now recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites, reflecting the same close bond between Moldavian sovereignty and Orthodox religious patronage found in neighboring Wallachia.
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Religion and State
State ReligionEastern Orthodox Christianity 1 Religious PolicyState and church inseparable in matters of legitimacy: Stephen the Great endowed dozens of monasteries and churches, several now UNESCO World Heritage sites, tying Moldavian sovereignty to Orthodox religious patronage as closely as neighbouring Wallachia. 1 Origins
Origin RegionThe lands east of the Carpathians in what is now eastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova, founded in the mid fourteenth century, with its princely and ecclesiastical seats at Suceava and later Iasi. 1 Attributions
Associated ReligionEastern Orthodox Christianity, patronized extensively by rulers such as Stephen the Great, who endowed dozens of monasteries and churches. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Moldova directly: "eastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova, ruled for much of its history as an Ottoman tributary state before uniting with Wallachia in 1859."
This source names Romania directly: "century in what is now eastern Romania and the Republic of Moldova, ruled for much of its history as an Ottoman tributary state before uniting with Wallachia in 1859."
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