Poor Monastery presentation

This is a holy place where monks have lived for over 700 years. The monastery is mentioned for
the first time in a document dating from the XII century (1270-1272). It was written by a
Hungarian historian and presents donation to die wave monastery by King Stephen V of Hungary
and Croatia who reigned between 1270 and 1272. The document also specifies that the mill was
bought from a serf named Vladiceanu. The dating of the document was made after years of reign
of King.

Another proof of the monastery we have a report of the chief Franciscan monks in the south of
Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, called Fermengini. The report is for its leaders
and called it the Sumig Romanian monastery as a breeding schismatic.

Before the 18th century in this area were forests and monasteries are usually built in areas
blazed hidden a human leg. In 1768 the monastery is still surrounded by a small forest, this map
can be found on wikipedia. Most likely occurred after Semlacu small monastery, which is the
first mention in a document from 1404.

The monastery had several names. The first was Sumig after nearby hill, a name that means
volcano in Slavonic, then these two are Semliug and Semlac name and two villages in the area,
the latter being the name of Hungarian origin. From 1934 until today kept the name Poor
monastery.

In 1443 the monastery church was rebuilt in stone and brick and adorned with paintings by the
monk Macarius Monastery Tismana, disciple of St. Nicodemus.

Our monastery had more political dominion along time since the Hungarian kingdom. In the
15th century despot George Brancovici by defeat and capture of Hunyadi, with the help of the
Ottomans, the city receives in exchange Sumig with its land was included among our monastery.
In secolul16 area was conquered by the Ottomans and becomes pashalic. The monastery was
under the noses of the Turks because the hill fort was a great city and besides Semlacu
mentioned. 1716 and 1918 is ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The castle and fort no
longer see because in 1738 by a treaty of peace with the Turks, fortifications were demolished
banatului out of Timisoara

In 1730, after a fire caused by the Turks, the restoration of the church ends with painting.
Nobody knows the date on which work began but the fire most likely occurred in 1716 when the
Austrians conquered Banat in the hands of the Turks. Returning to restore it to the constructive
efforts made by His Grace the Abbot Simeon and Lazarevic Giuricico founders along with his
sons Nicola and Iovan them from a royal family who stood at the head of the Serbian kingdom.
The painting was executed by painters Andrei with his son Andrew, John and Tara Chiriac all
coming from Romanian, being schooled in the famous school of painting from Horezu
monastery. These painters worked by Erminia Byzantine tradition in St. Mount Athos.
Meanwhile supposedly worked after original painting that remains part in porch. It is also
possible that the porch has been built around this time.

In 1778 merged monastery Mesic monastery in Serbia. All documents and goods were sent to
M. monastery Mesic, including Icons and Holy Relics. This was done by the Austrian Empire in
this territory which was at the time on the grounds that the monastery is poor and does not bring
enough money empire. The real reason was wiping Roman and Orthodox religion traditions in
Transylvania and west region. In the same period more monasteries were closed in
Transylvania.

In 1802 the monastery was abolished but the church is still used by believers in Butin and the
cells become school.

In 1803, the monastery with its lands and surrounding villages to take possession of land on
Ostoich family, being received from the emperor with knighthood. Ostoich was county clerk in
Timisoara and the king's cupbearer.
1805 closed with church school and the cells incepsa be demolished. In 1838 the church
became the family mausoleum, whose members remain buried under the stone floor until today.
Entry was between the nave and narthex.

Joachim's insistence in 1934 by Milo and believers in the country of Romanian monastery was
bought for the sum of 150,000 lei. This is put under his Caransebesului Diocese, church repair,
building a house is bought land and natural cursulsau resume.

Since 1959 the monastery is closed again, with most of the monasteries in the country, following
a decree communist government at that time. But the church remains open to believers of
Semlacu Small and between 1980-1988 was restored by the care of His Eminence Corneanu.

Since 1989 the convent was reopened, returning monks and resume its natural course. In1995
the first body builds chiliisi household. In 2000 Punda cornerstone for a new block of flats
chapel, which was consecrated on 25 March by PS Lucian, receiving dedicated to the
Annunciation. Between 2005 and 2007 the chapel painted by Constantin Dumitrescu and
Gheorghe Petronia. In 2007 the feast of the Transfiguration, painting is sanctified by PS. Paisie
Lugoj.

In 2013 the monastery was built in the first sequel to body cells and rebuilt in 2014 in the
courtyard gazebo.