Condrița Monastery, one of Moldova's oldest Orthodox foundations, sits in a forested ravine near Chișinău and was largely suppressed during Soviet rule — its monks expelled, its function reduced to a museum. The 2000 issue commemorating it arrived a decade after Moldovan independence, during a period when the National Bank was actively using its commemorative program to reassert cultural and religious identity erased under Soviet administration.
Condrița Monastery, one of Moldova's oldest Orthodox foundations, sits in a forested ravine near Chișinău and was largely suppressed during Soviet rule — its monks expelled, its function reduced to a museum. The 2000 issue commemorating it arrived a decade after Moldovan independence, during a period when the National Bank was actively using its commemorative program to reassert cultural and religious identity erased under Soviet administration.