- here, a small and modest wooden church, without a belfry, was built
- the church yard was surrounded by thick and high walls, and on the northern and western sides were built cells, for the priests who would officiate in the new church
- in 1835, 12 nuns belonging to the monasteries from Ciorogârla and Pasărea were brought to take care of the church and to sing at the divine services
- In 1854, Mihail Darvari died of cholera at the age of 56
- the nuns left the hermitage and Elena Darvari changed it in a hermitage for monks in 1868
- the hermitage was repaired in 1895, at the same time the belfry was built, this time Nicolae Darvari being the guardian
- in 1933 the church was demolished and until the end of the year a new church was raised, that still exists
- the church of the hermitage becomes an unction church, but after 1959 it was called Darvari Hermitage
- in 1996 the Darvari hermitage was re-established, so correcting the mistake done in 1959
- the church was built of brick in the shape of a cross and in the architectural style of Wallachia and Oltenia
- it is divided into altar, nave and pronaos
- the pronaos delimits the nave by wide pillars
- the altar screen is of wood, embellished with a fine sculpture and a very beautiful painting
- the tower spire is on the nave, opened in an octagonal shape, with high windows
- the painting in fresco was done by painter Keber in 1934
- in 1967, it was washed and restored due to the donations of the believers
- the belfry is 15 m south from the altar, of brick, with a floor, having a cell downstairs used to sell religious objects
- the tomb of the founder is in the pronaos, on the right side, covered by a marble tombstone
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