Establishment of long tradition in the valley of Bistrita, (1461) Monastery is located on the right side of the national road 15 Piatra Neamt – Bicaz, about 15 km from Piatra Neamt, near hydroelectric Dimitrie Leonida from Stejaru (it goes on paved road to the monastery).

Although the appearance of the city which he had at first been largely lost, they look impressive as he is often called by the inhabitants of the surrounding “castle.” This very interesting building has unique architecture between monasteries in Romania. It can see wonderful merged the three centuries: the fifteenth century, the seventeenth century and the twenty-first century, when they built a new church yard and concrete driveways surrounded by roses. there are actually two churches superimposed extremely rare case that no longer find than “St. John the Baptist” from Suceava. Most historians believe that the church is on the ground floor is old and built in 1560, the church’s Lapusneanu or the whole edifice dates back to 1642, according to the inscription. church basement was started without doors and windows, used as a long mystery of Moldova until 1802.

According to the monograph monastery, the monastic establishment had four names over time: in 1461, for 29 years called “Hermitage Simeon”; 99 years after he built the first wooden church was told “Simeon Skete” Then, for 27 years after the building of the stone church, everyone knew it “Monastery of Amphilochius” from then until today we know as “Monastery Pângăraţi”.

The monastery museum houses many art treasures her religious among them are three icons in the monastery in 1596 worked in the Byzantine style. Also, one can admire the veil worked for Hieroschemamonk Daniel, in 1787, worked in gold thread vestments, candlesticks, holy vessels, a collection of old books, two silver framed Holy Gospel and Homily copy of Metropolitan St. Barlaam of the 1643 original.