Issued to mark the 2000th anniversary of Christianity, this coin belongs to a Moldovan commemorative series honoring Orthodox monasteries that survived Soviet-era suppression largely intact. Curchi, founded in the 18th century near Orhei, was converted to a psychiatric hospital during the Soviet period — a fate shared by several Moldovan religious sites. It was returned to the Orthodox Church only after independence in 1991, making the timing of this issue nine years into that restoration.
Issued to mark the 2000th anniversary of Christianity, this coin belongs to a Moldovan commemorative series honoring Orthodox monasteries that survived Soviet-era suppression largely intact. Curchi, founded in the 18th century near Orhei, was converted to a psychiatric hospital during the Soviet period — a fate shared by several Moldovan religious sites. It was returned to the Orthodox Church only after independence in 1991, making the timing of this issue nine years into that restoration.