In 1503 great hetman Luca Arbore founded a chapel in the village bearing his name, to be part of his estate. Arbore was one of the most important boyars in the courts of Stephen the Great, Bogdan III and Prince Stefăniţă. Political differences separated Arbore from Prince Stefăniţă, he lost his position as hetman and guard of Suceava, and was beheaded in 1523. The church is dedicated to the Beheading of St. John the Baptist. The dating of the paintings is unsure. An inscription found inside the church states that Dragoş, son of priest Coman of Iaşi, painted the church in 1541 at the request of Ana, niece of Luca Arbore. Usually, this is considered the date of both the interior and exterior paintings. There are some researchers who think that the date 1541 only refers to later modifications. Architecturally, the church is part of the group of churches that mark the end of Stephen the Great's reign. It belongs to the so-called mixed type. Outside, the plan of the church is rectangular with a semicircular apse at the east end. Inside, the plan is triconch, with the two lateral apses of the naos carved out of the thickness of the walls. The west façade of the church is very distinctive. Only here in Arbore and in Reuseni, a giant niche replaces the exonarthex, Originally, the church bells were placed here, on a wooden beam, and now the space is used to give offerings to the dead. Exceptionally, all the façades are smooth, without any niches or recesses. The church follows the smallest possible plan: there are only three rooms, the pronaos, the naos and the chancel. The church has a high split-level roof, rounded at both ends. The main body of the roof covers the pronaos and the naos, while a lower roof covers the chancel. There is no tower, as is common in a church founded by a nobleman. Inside, both main rooms of the church have a dome.