The Thanksgiving Candle (Romanian: Lumânarea Recunoştinţei) is a monument and chapel, it's situated on a rock high above the Nistru River bank in Soroca, north Moldova. The monument was initiated by Ion Druţă. The monument, which is some 29.5 metres tall, symbolizes a candle and is called "Lumânarea Recunoştinţei" or "monumentul lui Badea Mior". It represents a tribute to the anonymous heroes who have preserved the culture, language and history of Moldova. The monument was opened on March 27, 2004, 86 years after the union of Bessarabia with Romania at 1918 (voted on March 27, 1918).
