Curchi Monastery is a very important medieval historical and cult monument, located in the codri, on the territory of the present village Curchi, Orhei district. With a cultural and religious past of about two and a half centuries, this monastery was considered in the past, as it is today, to be "the most beautiful and famous monastery in the country". The architectural ensemble, made up of five churches, was built in the 16th century. XVIII - XIX. Curchi Monastery was founded in 1773 by brothers Iordache and Mihail Curchi, who built a modest wooden hermitage at first, and later built the first stone churches. The first church was a wooden one, dedicated to St. Great Martyr Dimitrie, built around 1775 by Iordache Curchi, founder and first abbot of the hermitage. On 21 September 1810 the first stone church was consecrated in honour of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, with a high bell tower in classical style with Baroque elements. In 1868 it was transformed into a monastery. This year is considered the official date of the foundation of the monastery. In 1958 the monastery was closed and in 1961 the Psychiatric and Narcology Hospital was opened here. During this period, when the psychiatric hospital was located on the territory of the "Nativity of the Mother of God" Monastery in Curchi, the 5 churches of the monastery complex, as well as the buildings that once served the good development of a monastery life, were left to chance. In the early 2000s, the UN established patronage over the monastery. Restoration work then began and continues to this day.