At the beginning, the monastic establishment TECHIRGHIOL (Romania) was a priest's sanatorium and had the name of Saint Pantelimon. In the course, the establishment was opened to all the people who wanted to treat their rheumatic affections and find a silence oasis in here.
   The numerous requests in last years have determined the extension of the accomodation area and, in 2000 have been opened the treatment base endowed with modern apparatus attended by qualified medical personnel. The treatment method used is the therapeutic mud extracted from TECHIRGHIOL LAKE (i.s.).