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Monastery is an Orthodox Christian monastery for women of the Church of Romania. It is the largest & also the last built of the painted monasteries of Bucovina. It was built in 1581 by the Bishop of Rădăuţi, Gheorghe Movila. Frescoes are the work of 2 master painters, Ioan and his brother Sofronie from Suceava.
Kadia Monastery about 40 km from Labrang.
Located in southern Gansu on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, Labrang is one of the largest and most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism. Its Living Buddha or "Gegen" ranks third in importance behind the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. The monastery was largely destroyed during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, but since the 1980s monks have meticulously rebuilt and restored its temples, prayer halls, stupas and residences.
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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second biggest monastery. It is located opposite of the Great Meteoro Monastery and it was founded in the mid-14th Century by the exercitant Hosios Varlaam. This is the monastery where you can visit the tower of the old preserved net, used by the first monks for their ascent and descent from the rock, until it was "God’s will to have it replaced". It can now be reached by a stone staircase up the rock.
The tower of the old Franciscan monastery in Roundstone, Connemara. Within the monastery walls you'll find a music craft shop and the workshop of Mallachy Kearns - who makes bodhrans.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Gelati Monastery, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, it was an important religious, cultural and educational center of Georgia. Imereti Region, Georgia.
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The outer walls of the 16th-century Erdene Zuu Monastery, the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. It was built using stones from the ruins of the adjacent city of Kharakhorum, the 13th-century capital of the Mongol Empire that was built by the son of Genghis Khan.
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery is a 17th-century Orthodox Christian monastery located on the island of Crete, Greece. Located on the south-west coast of the island, in the municipal unit Innachori, it lies some 72 kilometres south-west of Chania. Built up on rocks some 35 metres high, it overlooks the Libyan Sea. According to local tradition, the name of the monastery is derived from one of the ninety steps which lead there, which is said to be golden and visible only to devout Christians. The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the Dormition of Virgin Mary.
Kintsvisi Monastery (Georgian: ყინწვისი, Qinc'visi) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley.
The Kintsvisi Monastery complex consists of three churches, of uncertain origin. The central (main) central church dedicated to St Nicholas is thought to date to the early 13th century, in what is generally regarded as a "golden age" of the Georgian monarchy. A very small chapel standing next to it is dedicated to St George, and dates from around the same time.
The oldest church, dedicated to St Mary dates from the 10-11th centuries, but is mostly in ruins.
The site is currently listed by the World Monuments Fund as a field project.
North Bohemian cistercian monastery founded in late 12th Century. It survived many burnings and plunders through the centuries, was expanded and modernized in baroque style, and was used by monks until 2008. Today it´s entrusted to the local catholic diocese, and the monks can return any time they want. The complex is an important cultural and architectonic monument supported by the state, with impressive baroque interiors, in 2014 the old monastery brewery was renewed and produces beer due to the old monk traditions.
The huge monastery is a walled town in its own right. Its cobbled lanes throng with the murmur of pilgrims queueing to enter the golden-topped ochre buildings containing the tombs of past Panchen Lamas.
At its peak Tashilhunpo was home to 5000 monks. These days it houses around 600. Many of the monks here are English-speaking and said to be in cahoots with the Chinese authorities. We are warned not to say anything controversial inside or show pictures of the Dalai Lama.
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Ganden Sumtseling Monastery is locasted in Gyalthang Shangri-la in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Built in 1679and is the largest Monastery in the whole of Yunnan. The Monastery accommodates around 800-900 Monks including Living Buddhas (reincarnations, Tulkus, Rinpoches) who live in the 8 Khangtsens (Division of houses which are considered like small monasteries on their own). Its the most important monastery in south west China. Some of the prominent Tulkus of Gaden Sumtseling are Sangbum Rinpoche, Bumdro Rinpoche, Kangyur Rinpoche, Panglung Rinpoche, Khyungser Rinpoche.
After getting back down off Mount Sinai and having some breakfast, we were taken round St. Catherines Monastery. It was pretty neat but rather rushed and I didn't really pay too much attention because I was so tired!
This Greek Monastery is located right out in the middle of the Mediteranean Sea along a 200 ft rock walkway in Georgioupoli, Crete, Greece
The Alahan Monastery, Koja Kalessi, is a one hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.
The Christian monastery at Alahan is located in the mountains of Isauria in Southern Asia Minor near Mut on the road between Karaman and Silifke. Residing at an altitude of 4,000ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley. Construction started during the second half of the fifth century under Emperor Leo I and was finished by Emperor Zeno, yet by the seventh century it was abandoned. Its remains include two churches, one (The East Church) is extremely well preserved, a baptistery, a colonnaded runway running the full length of the site, and a couple of subsidiary buildings, plus some old caves and graves. The complex may be funded by Emperor Zeno (474-491), who was from the region. The buildings stretches along the side of the mountain and covers an area of 30x200 meters. It is quite possible that the monastery official, and monks lived in the houses surrounding the complex. The monastery stands as the finest achievement of native Isaurian stonemasons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture, half a century before the great achievements of Anicia Juliana and Justinian in Constantinople.
In 2012, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Mersin Governorship started restoration work on the site because of its history and heritage.