URBEX | Unbelievable forgotten churches in the Romanian mountains 

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What an amazing family that let you all stay at their place!

What a beautiful country. I love the churches and look forward to seeing more. The older churches are amazing with all the fantastic artwork-love it!!

The church surrounded by fir trees, from about 26:00 min. mark: what he reads in romanian it's not (so) old romanian, it's the words we have today, only a few letters different here and there. The translation you asked for: "This cross is for the servant of God Draia Ioan, died at 37 years old, at 3 nov 1959" (just the regular things you write on somebody's cross or funeral stone). About the old books you found at 32:00: it's not a different language, it's still romanian, only the writing system it's different - the cyrillic. I am just a little bit familiar with the cyrillic and with the church service and I was still able to recognise a few words and phrases. The book it's a sort of a guide for the priest during the service: - "si acum Tatal Nostru"--> "and now Heavenly Father (the Lord's prayer)", - "rascumparatu-ne-ai pre noi" --> (praying to Jesus) "... you redeemed us" - "ectenia: Miluieste-ne pre noi, Dumnezeule" --> "the litany: "God, have mercy on us" These are the exact words in romanian, the only difference being the letters are cyrillic. 33:00 upstairs there, usually it's where the choir goes. Really interesting, finding new stuff about my own country through your video. Really good stuff. Thank you for that.

Chirillic is not a language, but an alphabet. Romanian was written in chirillic up until mid 1800s. Sad to see they left those old Holy books behind, should have been in a museum.

All of these places these guys find, they're all just so surreal

That's incredible how the trees are around that church!!!

Awesome video, I've never been to Romania but my grandmother traveled there extensively and has a large group of friends, they have traveled to visit us in Canada and are lovely warm and friendly people. As a somewhat religious man I do thank you for respecting the churches and just showing what is there as well as respecting the graves. It is a sad thought that many of those graves may not have been visited in decades and the memories of the deceased may have been long forgotten. May they all rest peacefully with God

Romania's landscape reminds me of where I grew up, a few Kilometres East of Seattle, Washington, in America. The flooding and fog was never that bad, even in Autumn, but it really hit the same noted of "Trees, dirt, rain, and sometimes mountains." This video is absolutely beautiful, not unlike your other videos, and it's somewhat Uncanny to see abandoned churches in a place that looks like my home!

My ancestors are from the Romanian Carpathian Mountains - I’ve never been. My grandfather came to the USA when he was 22 in 1922. This video was very intriguing!

I am extremely happy that you came to see the beauty of our country and our people. Small note: the women are not allowed in the altar only (the separate room in front), otherwise inside men and women goes together . The balcony is for the choir.

IM SURPRISED THAT WE ARE ALLOWING PLACES LIKE THIS TO BE FORGOTTEN….THATS A AMAZING KNOWLEDGE IN THOSE PLACES AND HUGE HISTORY…..CRAZYYYY

35:25 is the place for the choire, in an Orthodox church women usually sat at the back, men, in front. Now it's women on the left, men, on the right. 32:52 it is a drain for the water used to clean the vessels after the Liturgy.

People seem to be very trusting in Romania. Not sure that everywhere people would be like "sure, guys who walk up to my house in the middle of the woods at night, come stay with us". Also very interesting how many German Supermarkets they have there (LIDL, Penny). Great journey!

By far the most interesting and fascinating abandoned church I have watched on any channel, well done guys and big thumbs up to Christian for sharing with you. 👍👍🍺

Thank you all for showing us those wonderful churches. I found them absolutely fascinating. All the Best from ... W.Australia 🦘🦘🦘

Great adventure, good work boys. Looking forward to the next adventures

The sheer trust this family showed by allowing 4-5 strangers who randomly showed up in the middle of the night to stay is a testament of how people in this region are still a high trust society, it's something we don't have in our cities for sure.

People in Balkans are so friendly they invite all of you guys to stay the night and you are strangers that turn up on there door step in the middle of the night!! Can't wait till I travel back to the Balkans was in Greece before pandemic it's so beautiful.

Beautiful video, many thanks guys

Que linda é a Romênia parabéns aos romenos seu país é lindo 👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Very interesting video! I'm a Romanian living with my family in Netherlands since like 5 years now. That Albert Heijn bag carried all over the mountains in Romania adds a fun part in this video to me personally 😄 🤣. Good video guys... Success further!!

All of your explorations are amazing, but this is one of these, that makes my skin craw.

Wow! What a great exploration video! Thanks!

What an adventure through beautiful and wild Romania! I would love to know more about the background of the second church - why was it built in the middle of nowhere? Was there a settlement nearby at one point or did the people always have to hike all the way out there? When was it last used? The aerial shots also revealed that it is perfectly encircled by these huge trees - by purpose or chance of nature? Fascinating! And last but not least, that family and their hospitality was remarkable! A bunch of strangers walk up to their house at night and they offer you to stay - thats beautiful people! Just like the country. ❤️

This was so far the best empathic film, I saw from you people. Congratulations.

What a beautiful church and such a natural setting!

This was the best Urbex video that I have seen in a while, the churches were amazing and also the journey you took to get there with your friend Cristian made the video even better. I have lived in Florida my whole life and I am 56 so I probably will never make it to Europe or Romania and to travel with you guys through the mountains and woods of Romania and then see the amazing churches were epic, thank you! Going to check out some more of your videos, thanks again!

Sooooo amazing!!! I felt periods of ecstacy. So beautiful. You guys are amazing.

Amazing stuff! Great video! 👍👍👍👊😎

Que aventura incrível! Parabéns pelo excelente vídeo. Agradeço as legendas em português. Saudações do 🇧🇷.

Love these videos when you show most part of the journey and some of the people you meet!

In the third church, on 32:58 it is not a toilet. It's a sink for priests to wash their hands to make Proscomidia (anaphora ritual), the first step for Orthodox Liturgy.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing this.

When they unlocked that tabernacle, I was half expecting to see consecrated hosts in there. That there was a chalice with a purificator (cloth)and communion paten sure didn’t look completely abandoned.

Amazing. Sad to see it's all disappearing but thankful you were able to share its beauty with us ❤

I hope that you will go back to explore the other churches. I have never seen something like this before, that well preserved and located in the middle of nowhere.. Greetings from Luxembourg!

The American flag at 30:05 was the old 48 star one from late 1950s and earlier...I can only imagine the sadness of the last people to use these churches probably knowing that their era was over...

One word: WOW! Thank you for taking us there. I hope that these churches will stay as long as possible.

this was really fantastic. thanks you!

Cît e de trist că se distrug aceste comori ale creștinismului fără să îi pese cuiva iar generațiile care vor veni nu vor avea parte să vadă une și-au plecat genunchii strămoșii lor la necazuri și bucurii unde au fost botezați și unde au primit binecuvântarea pentru căsătoria! Măcar vor rămâne aceste filmări când sfintele lăcașuri vor adormi etern!

Thanks guys you are great ! ; )

I watched this video so many times. So beautiful.

Loved watching this. What great content guys. It must have been amazing walking into that last church.

Without doubt, the most fascinating urbex I have ever seen!

One church was in use. NO, they do not close doors. First, Nobody will dare to touch things in a church, or steal. Second: IN villages you put a stick in the door to signal you are not at home so people will not enter (no need for key). In cities, there are many that came in Romania ages ago and have different customs, but in the mountains where Romanians live, there is so.

The second church certainly did not look abandoned, maybe not used too often, but it did not look abandoned. The last had the perfect mix of intactness and shabbiness. And the landscape itself has a perfect wildness to it. Thanks.

This one is going to be great! 👍

Muy Buen Programa...Saludos Desde Argentina,,,,!!!!

What an amazing exploration and discoveries of antiques way back to its time where there's people living peacefully altogether in such calm mind blowing greeny and hilly places and away from city lifestyle. 😱 A well preserved arts and crafts. Just exploring here what to look for histories and discoveries while relaxing from classes. 😁 Just love watching "documentary" videos like this. ❤️ Keep up the good work Sirs! 💪 God bless your travels always!🙏😇 Watching from Philippines! 🇵🇭

Thanks for sharing ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nothing is more beautiful than an abandoned church.

Glad you guys came to my country!

Stunning

Amazing one Baab

Țara noastră este superba,păcat de bisericile abandonate!!! 😓🙏

They were amazing thanks

Extraordinar !

Amazing place I really enjoyed

Nice one👍

Keep up the amazing good work !!!👍💪👍💪👍

Wow amazing place!

I love the journey

Greetings! My name is Dragos and I am writing to you from Romania. I saw your video, I liked it and thank you for what you do. However, I have only one mention that I would like you to keep in mind at least in the future. Agreeing with Santos (user) When making a film or documentary about religion or holy places and churches (regardless of religion), it would be good and nice to consult with the priest of that religion or a person who knows about these things. or take a local connoisseur with you. I do not say it with malice, but because it is clear to me that you do not understand the concept of the holy place and its implications. Without wanting to (obviously) you can desecrate the place or bring offense to Christians or worship. Keep up the good work! God bless you!

I hope someone clean and keep those amazing history in the museum

As always, I appreciate you sharing these amazing places! Wishing you safety🧡 i enjoyed seeing all the wildflowers💐🌺🥀🌹🏵💮🌸🌷🌼🪴

Great content!

Beautiful trip and discoveries...

Super video 💖👍I'm Romanian and I like the movie, I had maximum adrenaline when I watched you

Amazing 👏🙏

Really amazing simple the best lovely places wow!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 New subcriber here sir GODBLESS

Vă recomand să mergeți insotiti6 de localnici care știu rînduială biserici ,și nu patrundeti în altar fără a vi se dă acordul și mai ales cu lucrurile din biserică este considerat sacrilegiu și lipsa de bunacuvinta

Mi gorgeous land, magic people, wonderful wiews and places ,vivat România 🤗🙏

Really impressive thank you

Your adventures and exploring is just amazing, i really envy your commitment but the rewards you get are just fantastic! Just the best urbex-channel there is on youtube!

Amazing place!

A new one, looks very nice 👍 👍

The holy Church at 20:00 is still in use,. As long as there are rural farmers and workers who can make the walk, it is going to remain probably as a mission with biweekly or monthly services and as long as there are strong people to keep it up it will not fall apart. We are talking a Church that survived Communism and atheism so I am not worried about decline to secularism here. Should the youth in the area move on they will save the icons, elements, relics and may desanctify. You did not know, but perhaps contact the local Bishop and he may have someone show you around - a grumpy Monk or Priest perhaps from a town a ways away, or a local Cantor who may have had the keys to those locked doors. I hope you're blessed visiting these places. Their walls are soaked with lifetimes of prayer from Christians long gone, who got baptized, Crismated, married, Confessed, Communed, given Unction in times of illness, in some cases even received Orders, saw the same for kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, had stories to tell long forgotten except by the Saints in the walls and the Lord in the Heavenly apse, who helped possibly build or rebuild, who came in times of joy, times of worry and trouble, times of mourning, before dying and going to the eternal memory of God - maybe even who faced persecution there. Perhaps even legendary people and Saints passed there, perhaps who have relics there (I cannot recall if Missions do or not). Probably many of those icons with holders for candles belonged to people who used them during prayer for a lifetime, before they reposed and left them to the Church in hopes someone else would take them - maybe next time one can find its way into your hands if someone who keeps the place can be able to show you around!

Wauw wat een mooie omgeving. Ontzettend mooie locaties Bob, kijk er naar uit als je de laatste kerk nog eens gaat bezoeken. Wat een avontuur weer 🔥🔥🔥

Espectacular amigos! Que sitios tan mágicos.. cargados de antigüedad y misticismo. Felicitaciones excelente Redescubrimiento! 👏👏👍

Cool, man 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Beautiful Orthodox Churches! Lord have Mercy! 🙏☦️🙏

Very nice that last church

Nice video, great to have a new upload. Really puts to shame some of the stuff they put on cable tv.

Excelente video, Hermosos paisajes, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

Worth the wait! Very impressive Bob.

Romania plai de dor.....tara doinelor,a baladelor...... ❤💛💙 Lovely and beautiful!

At the last church, the balcony is used for the coir, not to separate men from women.

That’s a good start for a scary movie :)))

I always have time to watch this channel

FANTASTIC Video. Thanks so much for your hard working producing these. They are Major Professional. Can't wait for the next one. All my best from the USA. Jim

best chanel ever

That’s crazy really speaks the the construction methods of that time, that those buildings are still in such great shape.

Very nice trip and amazing find. And done with respect for place and history. Great video!

My favorite video from you guys! Love the lost city vibes it gives too!

Thank you guys for this explore to me personally it was the best explore you guys have ever done being a deacon myself just so you know I am pretty sure that flag is a 48 state flag so that means it’s older than 1958 probably left there from World War II so that makes it even older only we knew the history and the story of that flag did world war two soldiers stay in that church

Beautiful place i miss Rominia

AMAZING 👏🍻

One issue: people are not allowed to enter the Holly Altar or touch Holly Eucharistic Objects inside. That is NOT a toilet, you will NEVER find one in the Holly Altar of an Orthodox Church. Unacceptable behavior in such Holly Spaces!

What an amazing story and adventure!