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The Suceava church is part of the Monastery of "Saint John the New", and was founded by Bogdan "the One-Eyed "in 1514.
It has frescoes painted on the outside, typical for the region, and is one of the seven churches listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. "St. John the New" was a Moldavian monk who preached during the Turkish occupation and was subsequently martyred in Cetatea Albă (present-day Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine).
The ruler Alexander the Good brought the saint's relics back to Moldavia in 1415.
The monastery serves as the see of the Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuţi.
