The new Orthodox monastery was built near the ruins of the former abbey in the late 14th or early 15th century. The present church of the monastery was built around 1370, according to a
triconch plan (having
apses with
semi-domes on three sides of a square chamber), at a time when this architecture was spreading to
Moldavia and
Wallachia, the other Romanian provinces. The Hodoș-Bodrog Monastery was also under
Ottoman domination between 1552 and 1699, as part of the
Eyalet of Temeşvar. The Ottoman rule was briefly interrupted for a short time by the struggle for the independence and unification of the Romanian countries, led by
Michael the Brave (1595). It is likely that, during the military operations, the monastery suffered serious damages. The monastery was rebuilt at the very beginning of the 18th century, thanks to bishop
Sava I Branković (oldest brother of
Đorđe Branković), who resided in
Lipova and later in
Ineu (towns in what is now
Arad County, Romania). In the following decades, although continuing to suffer under the Ottoman rule, and even the hardships induced by the
Transylvanian nobility, the monastery housed the residence of the bishops who shepherded this area. Among these were Sofronie, who visited
Russia in 1651, and
Isaija Đaković, who stayed at Hodoș-Bodrog around 1694 (he would later establish the Hodoș-Bodrog as the seat of the diocese of Ineu and
Timișoara). From the last decade of the 17th century until 1864, the monastery was under the jurisdiction of the metropolitans of
Karlowitz,
Serbia and was the only contemporary Orthodox monastery of the Arad diocese that faced great difficulties. The church underwent several restorations throughout the centuries. The original structures were altered to some extent. After the 17th-century restoration, a baroque helmet was added to the dome. The frescoes in the monastery date from the first decades of the 17th century. Several sacred objects dating from earlier centuries add new values to the artistic treasure of the monastery, including the skull of a bull which dug up an icon of the
Virgin Mary at the current site of the church. Since then the monastery has added a new church, an outdoor summer chapel, and other buildings. Today, the monastery is within the boundaries of the
Mureş Floodplain Natural Park, in the village of Bodrogu Nou (Arad County). The land and monastery are still owned by the Romanian Orthodox Church. However, in 2004 the Mureş Floodplain Natural Park was officially declared to protect and preserve the landscapes along the Mureş River. Because of the proximity of the monastery to the river, the monastery is now inside the natural park. ==Gallery==