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The monastery became a national sanctuary in honor of the Cretan resistance when during a revolt in 1866, 943 Greeks, mostly women and children, sought refuge in the monastery.
After three days of battle and under orders from the hegumen (abbot) of the monastery, the Cretans blew up barrels of gunpowder, choosing to sacrifice themselves rather than surrender.
Monastery Rousanou with St. Nicholas Anapausas behind. Notice between and to the right remnants of a past monastery.
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The former Servite monastery Schönbühel is located on a rock 500 m downstream from Schönbühel Castle on the right bank of the Danube and was built from the 1760s. In 1980 the Servite monks left the monastery; it is looked after today as a parish church. Wikipedia
St. Cyril's Monastery, used to be the largest monastery and the strongest fortress in Northern Russia.
The monastery was consecrated to the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was sometimes referred to as the Dormition Monastery of St. Cyril.
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The monastery of Sevanavank was founded in 874 by Princess Mariam, the daughter of Armenian King Ashot I.
Novodevichy Monastery was founded by Grand Prince Vasili III in 1524. Is simultaneously active monastery and the State Historical Museum. ensemble of 14 buildings, including eight temples. In 2004, the monastery celebrated 480 years and its architectural ensemble was included in the list of cultural and natural heritage UNESCO.
Novodevichy Virgin-Smolensky Monastery - Orthodox women's, a monastery in Moscow. Founded by Grand Prince Vasily III in 1524. During the first two centuries of its existence, served as place of imprisonment royals females.
The architectural ensemble of the monastery, formed in the XVI-XVII centuries, ever since has not undergone significant changes. As an exceptional preservation of the sample Moscow baroque put under the protection of UNESCO and declared heritage of all mankind.
Beyond the Stone Creek, on a hill called in ancient times "Ogneva Gora", stands the Alekseevsky, now a female, monastery. Once upon a time this place was a pagan temple. This is the oldest monastery in Uglich and one of the oldest in Russia.
It was founded according to the plan of Metropolitan Alexy in 1371 to strengthen the position of Moscow in the Upper Volga region, after the destruction of Uglich by Michael of Tver. This date is generally accepted, but rather conditional. According to some sources, the abode is 80 years older.
The main pearl of the monastery is the three-tent church - the Assumption Brave. The church was built in 1628 in memory of the people who died during the siege of the monastery during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention (1608-1611). The monastery was completely destroyed, all the brethren and the townspeople who were hiding in it, and this is about 600 people, were killed.
On a hilltop some 500 mts above sea level and following a hair raising drive up a serpentine and almost perpendicular road, you reach the monumental and former Benedictine monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes (built in the 10th to 11th century AD). It is part of a complex that included Verdera Castle and the town of Santa Creu (Holy Cross). The architectural remains of the monastery, castle and town are apparently a unique example of the structure of a medieval settlement.
The church ruin of the Holy Grave, also known as the Schöntal ruin, is the ruin of the Beguine Monastery church, which was built between 1543 and 1545 and burned down in 1552. This was built by Archbishop Albrecht von Brandenburg around 1500 in the "Tiergarten zu Aschaffenburg". In 1540 he made his partner Agnes Pless his abbess. Already in the Schmalkaldic War in 1546 and a few years later in the Second Margrave War in 1552, the building was largely destroyed. With the dissolution of the Beguine Convent, the Aschaffenburg Church of the Holy Sepulcher was left to decay. Since the church building only stood for a short time, the presence of the beguines in Aschaffenburg's local history has only been handed down in the zoo. The ruins were later included in the park design.
Die Kirchenruine zum Heiligen Grabe, auch als Schöntalruine bekannt, ist die Ruine der 1543 bis 1545 erbauten und 1552 niedergebrannten Kirche des Beginenklosters. Dieses wurde vom Erzbischof Albrecht von Brandenburg um das Jahr 1500 im „Tiergarten zu Aschaffenburg“ errichtet. Zu dessen Äbtissin machte er 1540 seine Lebensgefährtin Agnes Pless. Bereits im Schmalkaldischen Krieg 1546 und wenige Jahre später im Zweiten Markgrafenkrieg 1552 wurde das Gebäude weitestgehend zerstört. Mit der Auflösung des Beginenkonvents wurde die Aschaffenburger Grabeskirche dem Verfall preisgegeben. Da das Kirchengebäude nur kurze Zeit stand, hat sich die Anwesenheit der Beginen in der Aschaffenburger Lokalgeschichte nur im Tiergarten überliefert.Die Ruine wurde später in die Parkgestaltung mit einbezogen.
The Pochaiv Lavra of God's Mother Dormition is an Orthodox Monastery in Poczajów, Ukraine. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the most important center of Orthodox monastic life in Volhynia and Ukraine.
The history of the monastery dates back to the 13th and even the 12th century. Initially, there was a hermitage here, then an Orthodox monastery, then a Uniate Basilian monastery and again an Orthodox church of the Moscow rite. Its history is turbulent, as is the political history of these lands.
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Ławra Poczajowska Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Poczajowie jest prawosławnym klasztorem w Poczajowie na Ukrainie. Podlega jurysdykcji Ukraińskiego Kościoła Prawosławnego Patriarchatu Moskiewskiego, najważniejszy ośrodek prawosławnego życia monastycznego na Wołyniu i Ukrainie.
Historia monastyru sięga XIII wieku a nawet XII wieku. Początkowo była tutaj pustelnia, później kolejno klasztor prawosławny, unicki Bazylianów i ponownie prawosławny obrządku moskiewskiego. Jego historia jest burzliwa, podobnie jak historia polityczna tych ziem.
New Jerusalem Monastery in a frame of autumn nature..In the middle of the 17th century, Patriarch Nikon decided that Russia should have its own Jerusalem and, having bought the land around the large village of Voskresensky (now the Moscow city of Istra), founded a monastery in 1656..Already in 1658, the main temple of the monastery was laid - the magnificent Resurrection Cathedral, whose project was created in the image and likeness of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. A monastery of Patriarch Nikon is being built on the banks of the Jordan..A few years later, Patriarch Nikon fell into disgrace, and the government ceased to support the monastery. In the following centuries, it experienced different times: some kings tried to reduce funding, while others, on the contrary, pledged a lot of money. By the beginning of the 20th century, the monastery was one of the richest in Russia..During the Great Patriotic War in 1941, the Germans blew up the monastery, after the war it was almost completely rebuilt. Full restoration completed in 2016
Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, built in 1679, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan province and belongs to Gelug. It is reputed as “Little Potala Palace” which was built according to the complex of Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.
The Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery is a historically stavropegic male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Istra, Moscow region..The monastery was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon, according to which the complex of holy places of Palestine was to be recreated near Moscow..In 1941, during the Great Patriotic War, miners of the German fascist SS division "Reich" blew up the Resurrection Cathedral. Many architectural monuments were destroyed..The restoration of the monastery, which is the only successful attempt to recreate the image of the Holy Land, was completed at the end of 2016..In the Resurrection Cathedral, as in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, there are three main shrines of Christians:.Golgotha is a small rock where Christ was crucified (in Greek the word “Golgotha” means a frontal place).Cuvuclia - a small chapel with the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Christ.Temple of the Resurrection of the Savior, the place of the life-bearing resurrection of Jesus Christ..Golgotha, the place of the crucifixion of Christ, is located on the second tier of the temple; a staircase to the right of the main entrance leads to it. In a small room there is a cross, made in Jerusalem and the same size as the Jerusalem Cross of God. A stone with a crack is also installed here, imitating a rock that broke at the time of the Savior's death, when the blood of Christ was shed on it.
Der Kapitelsaal ist die Versammlungsstätte einer klösterlichen Gemeinschaft. Oft befindet er sich im Ostflügel der Klausur und ist vom Kreuzgang aus zu erreichen.
Der Begriff leitet sich her aus der Gepflogenheit von klösterlichen Gemeinschaften, ihre Versammlungen mit einer geistlichen Lesung eines Kapitels aus der Ordensregel oder aus den Schriften der Kirchenväter zu beginnen. Der Ort dafür wurde im Lauf der Zeit als Kapitelsaal bezeichnet.
Dort fanden alltägliche wie auch herausgehobene nicht-liturgische Zusammenkünfte statt, in denen die Angelegenheiten der Gemeinschaft beraten wurden.
Besonders in der kalten Jahreszeit konnte auch das Stundengebet im Kapitelsaal stattfinden.
Der Walkenrieder Kapitelsaal ist seit 1570 evangelische Kirche. Das Gewölbe des wird von kapitelllosen Säulen getragen.
Die ursprüngliche farbige Fassung der Gewölberippen wurde in den 1980er Jahren nach Befund rekonstruiert.
Die Ausstattung des Kapitelsaals – Altarretabel, Epitaph und Holzkanzel – stammt mit Ausnahme der spätromanischen Standpiszine (Waschbecken) aus nachmönchischer Zeit.
Als Kirchensaal erhielt der Raum 1667 eine barocke Holzkanzel, die von Konrad Bonifacius aus Ellrich gefertigt wurde. Der Kanzelkorb wird von einem Delfin und einem Engel getragen. An den Brüstungsfeldern des Korbes sind eine Christusfigur, eine Figur Martin Luthers sowie Darstellungen der Evangelisten angebracht.
(Quelle: www.kloster-walkenried.de/de/museum/museum/architektur)
Kipinas Monastery is located in Tzoumerka, Epirus - Greece
The monastery of Kipina, just outside the village of Kalarrites, seems to be a part of the rock inside which it is built. It was constructed in 1212 in the honor of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and its name probably originates from the gardens that were cultivated by the monks beneath it. A short path leads to the wooden bridge above the 4-meter high cliff that will take you inside the monastery. The construction of the monastery is impressive as every part of the rock has been taken advantage of, while at the same time it gives off a sense of hospitality and serenity. Nowadays, there are no monks in the monastery and in order to visit it, you will have to take the key from the coffee house in Kipina village.
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Simat de la Valldigna, Spain, Monastery
The monastery was founded in 1297 by James II of Aragon. Since the beginning, it was one of the most important monasteries of the Cistercian order. It was founded by the monks of Santes Creus in the Tarragona province. The whole Valldigna valley belonged to the monks, according to a royal order.
The monastery was inhabited by monks until 1835, when a revolt in the Valldigna valley took place after the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal. After that, the monks were forced to abandon the monastery. Most of its goods and works of art were sold, plundered or destroyed.
This ancient Cistercian monastery was neglected and in ruins, until the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government) began a process of restoration.
After decades of abandonment, now the monastery of Santa Maria de Valldigna is, according to the 57th article of the Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community, "the spiritual, historical and cultural temple of the ancient Kingdom of Valencia. It is as well a symbol of the grandeur of the Valencian people". The same article states that "the Generalitat Valenciana will recover, restore and preserve the monastery (...) a law from the Valencian Parliament will determine the destiny and usage of the monastery as a meeting point of all Valencians, and as a research center for the recovery of the Valencian Community history".
Organ of Beuron Monastery Church St. Martin (June, 22)
Beuron Abbey was founded as an Augustinian monastery in the 11th century.
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A long exposure of Mar Saba Monastery
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Roussanou Monastery, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece.
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The Monastery of Ostrog (Serbian: Манастир Острог/Manastir Ostrog) is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church sitatued against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije Ostroški), who was buried here.
The monastery is located 50km from Podgorica and 15km from Nikšić.
Ostrog monastery is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro.
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Abendstimmung über dem ehemaligen Kloster Liebfrauenberg.
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Στην δεξιά όχθη του ποταμού Σελινούντα και σε απόσταση 30 χιλιομέτρων από ττην πόλη των Καλαβρύτων ορθώνεται το Μοναστήρι της Μακελλαριάς το οποίο είναι αφιερωμένο στην κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου. Χτιστηκε από τον στρατηγό του Ιουστινιανού Βελισάριο το 532 Μχ., όπως φαίνεται από την επιγραφή που σώζεται μεχρι σήμερα για να εξιλεωθεί από την σφαγή κατά την περίφημη "...Στάση του Νίκα"
Το αρχικό όνομα της Μονής ήταν Παναγία Λιθοστρωτιώτησα. Το όνομα Μακελαριά το πήρε από το μακελειό που έγινε το 1458 όταν την κατέστρεψαν οι Τούρκοι.
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On the right bank of the river Selinunte and just 30 km from the town of Kalavryta stands the Monastery of Makellaria which is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. Built by General Belisarios of King Justinian at 532 AC., As shown by the inscription that survives until today to redeem themselves from the massacre during the famous REVOLUTION OF NIKA RIOTS
The original name of the monastery was Mary Lithostrotiotisa. The name bane comes from the carnage that took place in 1458 when it was destroyed by the Turks.
Palmse kloostrikivid (monastery boulders) form a boulder field at the edge of the forest behind the Palmse manor complex. These rocks result from the disintegration of one huge erratic boulder. Created with Dynamic Auto Painter from my own photo
The Augustinian monastery "Stift Vorau" lies in northeast Styria (Austria), in municipality Vorau. The cloister goes back to a foundation of margrave Ottokar III von Traungau in 1163
View from the grounds of Râmeț monastery, Romania, in case anyone is wondering, the funky t with the hook at its bottom is pronounced ts. Happy Sunday to everyone.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the ruins of Pirita Monastery again, most of the time the gate is closed
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Great Meteoron Monastery at dusk, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece.
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St. Cyril's Monastery, used to be the largest monastery and the strongest fortress in Northern Russia.
The monastery was consecrated to the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was sometimes referred to as the Dormition Monastery of St. Cyril.
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During the Cretan revolt in 1866, 943 Greeks, mostly women and children, sought refuge in the monastery. After three days of battle and under orders from the hegumen (abbot) of the monastery, the Cretans blew up barrels of gunpowder, choosing to sacrifice themselves rather than surrender.
The monastery became a national sanctuary in honor of the Cretan resistance. The explosion did not end the Cretan insurrection, but it attracted the attention of the rest of the world.
This is how Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian general and politician and one of the founders of modern Italy described the siege in his letters..
"One knows this word, Arkadian, but one hardly understands what it means. And here are some of the precise details that have been neglected. In Arkadia, the monastery on Mount Ida, founded by Heraclius, six thousand Turks attacked one hundred ninety-seven men and three hundred forty-three women and also children. The Turks had twenty-six cannons and two howitzers, the Greeks had two hundred forty rifles. The battle lasted two days and two nights; the convent had twelve hundred holes found in it from cannon fire; one wall crumbled, the Turks entered, the Greeks continued the fight, one hundred fifty rifles were down and out and yet the struggle continued for another six hours in the cells and the stairways, and at the end there were two thousand corpses in the courtyard. Finally the last resistance was broken through; the masses of the Turks took the convent. There only remained one barricaded room that held the powder and, in this room, next to the altar, at the center of a group of children and mothers, a man of eighty years, a priest, the hegumen Gabriel, in prayer...the door, battered by axes, gave and fell. The old man put a candle on the altar, took a look at the children and the women and lit the powder and spared them. A terrible intervention, the explosion, rescued the defeated...and this heroic monastery, that had been defended like a fortress, ended like a volcano."
This is the room how it survived after that explosion.