Hincu monastery is one of the oldest convents in the South of Moldova, is located 70 kilometers from Chisinau. Was built in 1678 and for several centuries was one of the richest monasteries of Bessarabia.

There is a beautiful legend about the Foundation of the monastery, according to which Moldovan boyar mihalcea Hincu was hiding in this place along with his daughter Praskovya during one of the Mongol invasions. After a miraculous deliverance from death mihalcea Hincu promised my daughter that I will build the temple and his promise.

Wooden Church and monastic cells often suffered and was devastated during the Tatar invasions, so occasionally the monastery was completely deserted. In 1771, the monastery was restored, and in 1784 under the direction of the Abbot of the monastery of Abbot Varlaam built new cells for the monks, restored wooden Church and the Church of the assumption of the blessed virgin.

In 1836 the skit was officially converted into a monastery, at the same time, instead of the wooden Church of St. Paraskeva erected a stone summer with a bell tower, and later winter Dormition 28 stone columns adorn the facade of the temple. At that time the monastery functioned barn, distillery, carpenter shop, blacksmith shop, opened a boarding school for orphans. In Hincu monastery the monastery was assembled one of the richest and most extensive libraries of that time.

In 1949 fell on hard times for the monastery – it is officially closed, and later passed for the needs of pulmonary sanatorium "Codrii". The summer building the Church becomes a club for young people, and in winter – in the warehouse, looted valuables, destroyed the graves of priests.

Only in 1992, after returning the monastery to the faithful work began on the restoration of the temple, and eventually he becomes one of the most visited by pilgrims and tourists resorts in the country.