Ancient and the Early Medieval Ages places of worship in the Romanian space. Canonical norm and practical orientation of altars in the Paleo-Cristian churches. LUOGHI DI CULTO ANTICHI E PRIMO MEDIOEVO NELLO SPAZIO RUMENO. NORMA CANONICA E ORIENTAMENTO PRATICO DEGLI ALTARI NELLE CHIESE PALEO-CRISTIANE

In the Early Middle Ages, we can see the orientation of the altars of Christian churches in all cardinal directions, starting with the oldest to the West, according to the Bible precepts, then to the North, to the South and to the East, following the Apostolic Constitutions, in the year 380. In the Eastern Carpathian territory in the Early Middle Ages, wall churches and Syrian influence, were built with altered Southern, non-apse (square) altars, and to the East. Also, of Byzantine origin, with the altar to the North and a temple imitated by wood templon, and a cave monastery that had a church with a square altar to the East and a common dormitory of the monks, with about 12 cell-niches, specific to monastic life in Byzantium in the 6th -12th centuries. Both to the East of the Carpathians and to the South of them, the 8th - 9 th centuries brought the influence of the narthex, as a room for women, by Crimean monks.