Biserica "Nasterea Maicii Domnului", Ieud-Deal

Ieud one of the oldest settlements in Maramures-inhabited since ancient times for "free Dacians" and the Romans.
The current settlement was the ruler intemeiaa Balc, grandson of Dragos Voda, by the mid century. XIV.
Near existing settlements, place numic "cruiser", there was a monastery since the XI-XII century, but demolished in a samavilnic in 1889.
Mid-century. XIV Prince Balc builds a wooden castle on a precipitous place on the river, and people drettmarilor, with Prince built in 1364 - near the castle and the prince his property for a wooden church dedicated to the "Virgin Birth", called until today, "Hill Church.
Ieud was in ancient Wallachian principality.
Cnezii leudeni were cared for by the church until 1419 when King Sigismund sustenda to this title. The church is now cared for in Ieud noble families who participate in year 1514 peasant war led by Gheorghe Doja, deed of Hungarian king punished by confiscation of assets and loss of noble title.
Maramures style church is built of fir, two skirts, and very small windows arranged in two rows.
The church, in Byzantine style promise, was executed by the painter Alexander Ponehalschi originating in BERBESTI, Maramures, directly on wood and the wood imbinaturile bumps on canvas in 1782.
In the narthex of the church is preserved in a wood staircase, the same old church.
The bridge is the oldest church found written in Romanian "Codex of Ieud" by Artemia Anderco priest in 1925, written between 1391-1392 by copistii manuscripts from the old monastery dedicated to the "Three Hierarchs" where a school with three sections of training: priests, the choir singers and copyist of manuscripts. The only copy that survived was donated to the Romanian Academy Library in Bucharest, in the year when he was found.
Monuments Directorate restored church architecture in 1958 and between 1985 to 1986 Father Alexander Razor roof restoration. Ministry of Culture, in 1998 and padimentul roof restoration and painting restoration began in 1999.

Parish priest, Fr Alexander Razor stavrofor icon.
Source: IEUD description of the church.