Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldavia, established a number of Romanian Orthodox churches and monasteries as ktitor. The tradition that he built one after every battle he won is untrue, but he did build certain ones in honor of victories and in memory of his fallen soldiers. Based on the carved inscriptions placed contemporaneously to his reign, Stephen built the following churches, plus an additional two that were added later based on local tradition, without indicating the date of construction. He almost certainly established additional churches (at least seven others are attributed to him), but these are the ones for which there is clear documentation.
ChurchLocationYear builtPhotoDormition of the Theotokos Church, Putna MonasteryPutna1466-1469St. ProcopiusMilișăuți1487 (destroyed 1917)St. NicholasKiliya, Ukraine1482Holy CrossPătrăuți1487St. EliasSfântu Ilie1488St. George Church, Voroneț MonasteryGura Humorului1488Beheading of St. John the BaptistVaslui1490St. NicholasIași1491-1492St. GeorgeHârlău1492Dormition of the TheotokosBorzești1493-1494Ss. Peter and Paul CathedralHuși1495St. NicholasDorohoi1495St. Nicholas Church, Popăuți MonasteryBotoșani1496Holy Archangel Michael Church, Războieni MonasteryRăzboieni1496Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Tazlău MonasteryTazlău1496-1497Ascension of the Lord Church, Neamț MonasteryVânători-Neamț1497Nativity of St. John the BaptistPiatra Neamț1497-1498St. John the New chapel and bell tower, Bistrița MonasteryBistrița, Neamț1498St. John (bell tower)Piatra Neamț1499Elevation of the Holy CrossVolovăț1500-1502Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Dobrovăț MonasteryDobrovăț1503-1504Beheading of St. John the BaptistReuseni1503-1504St. ParaschevaRâmnicu Sărat1704 (inscription)Holy Archangels Michael and GabrielScânteia1846 (inscription)
References Biserici și mănăstiri at the Ștefan cel Mare site of Putna Monastery; accessed October 14, 2012