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KUNICHA Cunicea (Romanian: Cunicea) is a village in the Floresti district of Moldova. It is one of the villages that does not form a commune ROCA Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church Metropolitan Cornelius KUNICHA Village Republic of MOLDOVA Documentary film History of the Village of Kunicha 2013 Kunicha (Romanian: Cunicea) is a village in the Floresti district of Moldova. It is one of the villages that does not form a commune Church in honor of St. Florus and Laurus The desire to preserve the traditional Old Believer way of life, which brought the first settlers to Kunicha, predetermined their ethno-religious and cultural isolation. The center of the closed world of Old Believer Kunicha is a wooden church in honor of St. Flora and Lavra, built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, is not only an architectural but also a spiritual dominant for the population, the custodian of the traditional way of life, religious and cultural values. There are no analogs to such a dedication of the temple of St. Florus and Laurus in other Old Believer parishes. In a modern publication, you can read about Kunicha: “The church is a sacred symbol of Old Believer Kunicha... It has two entrances: the western one is for women, and ... the northern one is for men... The cemetery is in the south (relative to the church). In other places it is in the north (as a reminder of the northern homeland of the Old Believers). The church is located between two rivers, on a hill. In former times, the forest came right to the outskirts of Kunicha, now there is almost none left. Although even today you can see ancient oak, hornbeam and imported linden plantings at the entrance to the village of OStaki.”