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The former Servite monastery in Schönbühel was founded in the 17th c by a pious aristocratic family who had converted to Catholicism. Their objective was to replicate the event of salvation that had unfolded in Israel, with Golgotha, the Entombment of Christ and the birthplace of Jesus in "subterranean Bethlehem."
However, it was as a pilgrimage church that the monastic church gained fame. Believers pilgrimaged there to seek help from Saint Rosalia, protectress against the plague. Following the Josephine church reforms, pilgrimage activity dropped off sharply. The monastery was finally closed in 1980 for a lack of new novices joining the community. (www.donau.com)
Monastery of the Dominicans of Batalha built to commemorate victory of Portuguese over Castilians in 1385.
Rumtek Monastery, Near Gangtok, Sikkim
The Restaurant owner says the Cardboard box was kept to avoid the debris from the nest falling onto the tables below. She never thought of clearing it...
This is a buddhist training centre consisting of a monastery and a residential area among other things.
Po Lin Monastery is situated on Lantau Island. Established in 1906, it also is home to the Tian Tan Buddha: www.flickr.com/photos/adsphoto/4163877301/
Geghard (Armenian: Գեղարդ, meaning "spear") is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs.
While the main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank(Այրիվանք), meaning "the Monastery of the Cave". The name commonly used for the monastery today, Geghard, or more fully Geghardavank (Գեղարդավանք), meaning "the Monastery of the Spear", originates from the spear which had wounded Jesus at the Crucifixion, allegedly brought to Armenia by Apostle Jude, called here Thaddeus, and stored amongst many other relics. Now it is displayed in the Echmiadzin treasury.
The spectacular towering cliffs surrounding the monastery are part of the Azat River gorge, and are included together with the monastery in the World Heritage Site listing. Some of the churches within the monastery complex are entirely dug out of the cliff rocks, others are little more than caves, while others are elaborate structures, with both architecturally complex walled sections and rooms deep inside the cliff. The combination, together with numerous engraved and free-standing khachkars is a unique sight, being one of the most frequented tourist destinations in Armenia.
The monastery of Agia Triada of Tzagarolon is one of the richest and most beautiful monasteries in Crete. It is built near the airport of Chania, in the position Tzobomylos of the Cape Melecha and at the foothills of Stavros Mount. The distance from Chania is only 15km.
The monastery was built by the Venetian nobles Jeremiah and Lawrence Tzagarolo. Jeremiah was a famous scholar of his era with rich education and was a friend of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Meletios Pigas. Jeremiah himself was a candidate for Patriarch of Constantinople. Moreover, Jeremiah designed and built the monastery complex of the monastery, being affected by the architect Sebastiano Serlio from Verona, Italy.
Concept Art for "Nook" Season 2 - Episode 11
The design of the monastery was based on medieval Scandinavian architecture. I also did several designs for the interior sets which were built in the famous Babelsberg Studio outside of Berlin. I didn't go to Germany to supervise their construction and the sets bear only passing resemblance to my designs. (Sigh)
Original sketch was graphite on tracing paper, then photocopied, ink and black pencil-crayon, photocopy again, lather, rinse, repeat. (Original 11" x 17")
We see it in the background briefly near the beginning of the episode, however the surrounding land is flat and the "brothers" are tilling a field. (see following screencap)
The Rila Monastery near Rila, Bulgaria. Rila is about 120km from Sofia, the capital city and is located high up in a mountain valley.
Aug. 9, 2010.
Pocajivskaja Monastery. Second largest Orthodox Monastery in the Ukraine, (Moscow Patriarchy).
The Franciscan Monastery is situated at the very beginning of the Placa to the left of the Pile Gate. The Franciscan order arrived in Dubrovnik around 1234 and the first monastery was built in the 13th century. This monastery was demolished in 1317 due to the threat of war to prevent the use by the enemy. The new monastery, inside the city walls, was constructed in the same year, 1317.
The magnificent monastery of All Holy Virgin Mary
Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά
In hazelnut forests above today's Turkish city of Trabson. Founded in 386 AD, the Monastery of the Panaghia Sumela is a reminder of the once powerful now vanished Pontic Greek community across the Black Sea. Despite various ongoing renovations today the monastery is a sorry sight.
Labrang Monastery (Tibetan: བླ་བྲང་བཀྲ་ཤིས་འཁྱིལ་, Wylie: bla-brang bkra-shis-'khyil) is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its formal name is Genden Shédrup Dargyé Trashi Gyésu khyilwé Ling (Tibetan: དགེ་ལྡན་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་དར་རྒྱས་བཀྲ་ཤིས་གྱས་སུ་འཁྱིལ་བའི་གླིང༌།, Wylie: dge ldan bshad sgrub dar rgyas bkra shis gyas su 'khyil ba'i gling).
Labrang is located in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, in the traditional Tibetan area of Amdo. Labrang Monastery is home to the largest number of monks outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. Xiahe is about four hours by car from the provincial capital Lanzhou.
In the early part of the 20th century, Labrang was by far the largest and most influential monastery in Amdo. It is located on the Daxia River, a tributary of the Yellow River.
The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhépa, Ngawang Tsöndrü.It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Labrang Monastery is situated at the strategic intersection of two major Asian cultures—Tibetan and Mongolian — and was one of the largest Buddhist monastic universities. In the early 20th century, it housed several thousand monks. Labrang was also a gathering point for numerous annual religious festivals and was the seat of a Tibetan power base that strove to maintain regional autonomy through the shifting alliances and bloody conflicts that took place between 1700 and 1950.[5]
In April 1985 the Assembly Hall burned down. It was replaced and the new building was consecrated in 1990
The monastery complex dominates the western part of the village. The white walls and gilded roofs feature a blend of Tibetan and Indian Vihara architectural styles. The monastery contains 18 halls, six institutes of learning, a gilded stupa, a sutra debate area, and houses nearly 60,000 sutras.
At its height the monastery housed 4,000 monks. Like so many religious institutions, it suffered during the Cultural Revolution; and the monks were sent to their villages to work. After it was reopened in 1980, many of the monks returned; but the government restricted enrolment to around 1,500.[7]
It has a Buddhist museum with a large collection of Buddha statues, sutras and murals. In addition, a large amount of Tibetan language books, including books on history is available for purchase, together with medicines, calendars, music and art objects.
There used to be a great gold-painted statue of the Buddha, more than 50 feet high, which was surrounded by rows of surrounding Buddhas in niches.[8]
The monastery today is an important place for Buddhist ceremonies and activities. From January 4 to 17 and June 26, to July 15, (these dates may change according to the lunar calendar), the great Buddhist ceremony will be held with Buddha-unfolding, sutra enchanting, praying, sutra debates, etc.
Monastery is a medieval monastery and is one of the famous painted monasteries from southern Bukovina, in Suceava County. Monastery was constructed by Stephen the Great in 1488 over a period of 3 months and 3 weeks to commemorate the victory at Battle of Vaslui. Often known as the "Sistine Chapel of the East", the frescoes at Voroneț feature an intense shade of blue known in Romania as "Voroneț blue
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The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valamo monastery dates back to 1717. The monastery was then originally established on Valaam, Lake Ladoga, Russia. (Wikipedia)
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