Monasteries of Medieval Christendom
View allAll Photos Tagged monastery
Monastery - Nilova Hermitage. Tver region. Russia.
The monastery dates back to 1528, from the moment of the arrival of the Monk Nile on the island of Stolobny, on Lake Seliger.
A few years later, after the presentation of the Monk Nil of Stolobensky, in 1594, a Blessing was given for the opening of the monastery of the Nilov Pustyn.
In the 18-19 centuries, the Nilova Pustyn Monastery was one of the largest cultural centers in Russia, with a huge library, educational institutions, with its own large production of goods and products.
It was in the Nilova desert that Leonty Magnitsky, a mathematician and teacher, studied under whom, later, the Great Lomonosov studied. Nilova Hermitage was visited by many great people, including Emperor Alexander I and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After the blasphemous looting and partial destruction of the monastery by the Bolsheviks, the buildings were used as a colony for minors, as a prisoner of war camp, as a military hospital, as a camp site. When all the buildings of the monastery fell into disrepair and could no longer be used, without major repairs, by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, in 1990, the monastery complex was transferred to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the revival of the Nilo-Stolobensky Monastery. Ahead, there are still colossal works to restore the former splendor of the holy monastery. But already now, the Nilo-Stolobenskaya hermitage is the pearl of the Tver diocese. Even in spite of all the destruction that befell from the godless power, this monastery with all this lies before us in all its beauty and grandeur of the genius of architecture, the pious ancestors of the Russian land.
Today, the monastery, thanks to the governor Archimandrite Arkady (Gubanov), is being successfully restored by the brethren and already has its own autonomous production of products, which is in great demand among pilgrims and local residents.
The wall and the territory of the New Jerusalem Monastery..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 1690-1677 a stone wall was erected instead of the old wooden one. The total length of the monastery walls, built in compliance with the requirements of the serf architecture of the era, is about one kilometer, height - nine meters, thickness - up to three meters. The upper part of the walls is a combat move, equipped with two rows of loopholes. Seven towers were erected on the wall breaks, the eighth (Elizavetinskaya) is located above the western gate, and the Gate of Entry Jerusalem Church was built above the eastern (Holy) gate.
A different perspective from the Saint Nikolas/Monastery (since 1904)
Near Vistonida Lake # Porto Lagos # Greece.
Thanks for your Visit Views Faves and Comments, have all a Nice Weekend. 🌞✌
Phyang Monastery or Phiyang Gompa is a Buddhist monastery located in Fiang village, near Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
The name Phyang was derived from Gang Ngonpo that means the blue mountain, which is situated behind the monastery.
It was established in 1515. Legend has it that the foundation of the monastery was laid by Denma Kunga Drakpa. It is said that Drakpa stayed at the area in a tented camp to contemplate the beauty of the place. While meditating he saw the protectresss Achi on her blue horse. He took the dream as auspicious sign and decided to construct the monastery at the top of the hill.
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.
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.
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.
Roussanou Monastery, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece.
Copyright © Piotr Gaborek. All rights reserved!! Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
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.
-
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.
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)
Organ of Beuron Monastery Church St. Martin (June, 22)
Beuron Abbey was founded as an Augustinian monastery in the 11th century.
© Fritz ZFG© All Rights Reserved
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
... sind, wie ich schon bei der Außenansicht vermerkte, deutlich niedriger als das Mittelschiff.
Man kann einmal herum gehen und entdeckt dabei den Taufstein von 1592, römische Handwaschbecken (klar noch der Romanik zuzuordnen) in den Seitenwänden sowie Grabmäler längst verblichener Fürsten.
An der hinteren Wand des Schiffes erkennt man eine Platte - die sog. Memorienwand. Sie erinnert an die "Amelungsborner Väter".
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.
Great Meteoron Monastery at dusk, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece.
Copyright © Piotr Gaborek. All rights reserved!! Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Hi, my friends. I'm back home again. A lot of kilometers covered, a lot of locations visited.
Here is the Ferapontov Monastery I wanted to visit for a while.
From Wikipedia: The Ferapontov convent (Russian: Ферапонтов монастырь), in the Vologda region of Russia, is considered one of the purest examples of Russian medieval art, a reason given by UNESCO for its inscription on the World Heritage List.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferapontov_Monastery
I used Zenith MC Zenitar-C Canon 16 mm F/2.8 Fisheye lens.
Geghard Monastery (Ayrivank), Armenian Apostolic church. 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, meaning "the Monastery of the Cave". The name commonly used for the monastery today, Geghard, or more fully Geghardavank, 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.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the ruins of Pirita Monastery again, most of the time the gate is closed
*
The Stavronikita Monastery is 15th in class monasteries of Mount Athos. It is Greek, communal since 1968 and celebrated on December 6 St. Nicholas. It holds the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas of oysters. It called so, because when they took it out of the sea that had remained unchanged for hundrend years, in front of Saitn it was stuck an oyster that when pulled ran blood. It is the smallest monastery of Mount Athos, in the castle form a rudimentary court. The arbor is near the entrance of the monastery compensates the visitor. Situated on a rock, but who some years ago began to disintegrate. Thanks to the interventions K.E.D.A.K., this rock was reinforced with cement injections and thus stabilized. The aqueduct is located outside the monastery with arches, it is very remarkable architecturally.
The Saint Ignatios Monastery is found outside the city of Kalloni on the island of Lesbos, Greece, and is also known as the Limonas Monastery or the Limonos Monastery (alternative spelling), due to the field on which it is built. The monastery was founded in 1526 by Saint Ignatios Agallianos.
The monastery contains many important relics collected since its founding, and houses a library which contains many manuscripts and icons. It now has over 2,500 volumes of books and 450 manuscripts and Greek and Ottoman documents.
The monastery dates back to the 5th century. The current church dates back to the 16th century when the monastery was a place for science and art and had a school and a rich library. Its architecture is influenced by the Renaissance and combines Roman and Baroque elements.
Typical of Cretan churches it has two naves and is effectively two churches in one. However, there is only one liturgy (service) at any one time and they alternate every week. Each half is dedicated to a different saint.
The northern nave is dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ and the southern nave is dedicated to Saint Constantine and Saint Helen.
The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Bulgarian: Бачковски манастир "Успение Богородично", Bachkovski manastir, Georgian: პეტრიწონის მონასტერი, Petritsonis Monasteri), archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is located on the right bank of the Chepelare River, 189 km from Sofia and 10 km south of Asenovgrad, and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian culture, united by the common faith.