Cernica Monastery, ancient center of prayer and culture, was built, according to what Radu Voda Serban stated in his 1608 acts, by order of the Governor Cernica Stirbei. In that year, the Governor Cernica Serban decided to have the old monastery refurbished it with fields, forests and villages and giving it his name, in memory of his family. Set in a quaint site near Bucharest, the monastery rises in the middle of a lake, surrounded by secular forests, attracting those who love nature as well as the worshippers. Two imposing churches, some chapels dedicated to the most famous saints, and a book and religious art museum, survimonks living in the monastery, is practically just a great fortress built in the architectural style that is typical of the plains. Between 1818 and 1850, Sant Calinic from Cernica the most representative figure of the religious world of the time, was nominated Father Superior. Founder of monasteries, churches, hospitals and orphanages, he was also responsible for the construction of the most important building of the Cernica Monastery. He had, with relentless zeal, the fortress and St. Gheorghe church built. The Abbey and opened a religious painting school.