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Le monastère de Rila fut fondé au Xe siècle par saint Jean de Rila, un ermite canonisé par l'Église orthodoxe. Il est situé dans les monts Rila en Bulgarie, en un lieu spectaculaire dans les gorges de la rivière Rilski.
Ses logements pour ascètes et ses caveaux devinrent des lieux sacrés et furent transformés en un complexe monastique qui joua un rôle important dans la vie sociale et spirituelle de la Bulgarie médiévale. Partiellement détruit au début du XIXe siècle, le complexe fut rebâti entre 1834 et 1862, les bâtiments épargnés par les incendies ayant été préservés.
Le monument est caractéristique de la Renaissance bulgare (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles) et symbolise la prise de conscience par les Slaves de leur identité culturelle après des siècles d'occupation ottomane. Le monastère de Rila est inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 1983.
Monastery Complex is located in Kakheti, in Kvareli municipality, near Shilda village, on the edge of the Caucasus Range.
The settlement was founded by King Pharnajom (II-I centuries BC). In the IV century AD, king Thrdat built a church on this place, where one of the Assyrian fathers, Abibus settled there in the VI century. On this time period Nekresi Episcopacy (existed until the XIX century) established. Nekresi immediately was given a great importance. The political and cultural influence of Kartli was spread over the mountainous region of Eastern Caucasus. Cultural and educational activities were unleashed there.
Transfiguration Monastery / Преображенски манастир - 7km north from Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново - Samovodene - България / Bulgaria
Tsemo Monastery by Irene Becker © All rights reserved
Namgya Tsemo Monastery or Namgya Tsemo Gompa as seen from the Shanti Stupa. Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
One of the most treasured possessions of the monastery is a three-story high solid gold idol of Maitrieya Buddha
Ladakh : Day 2
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The Lepavina Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Presentation of Mary and located in Croatia. Established in 1550.
The Franciscan monastery and the church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
Czech republic, West Bohemia, Pilsen city.
Františkánský klášter - Plzeň
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Humor Monastery located in Mănăstirea Humorului, about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului, Romania. It is a monastery for nuns dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, or Theotokos. It was constructed in 1530 by Voievod Petru Rareş and his chancellor Teodor Bubuiog. The monastery was built over the foundation of a previous monastery that dated from around 1415. The Humor monastery was closed in 1786 and was not reopened until 1990.
Humor was one of the first of Moldavia's painted monasteries to be frescoed and, along with Voroneţ, is probably the best preserved. The dominant colour of the frescoes is a reddish brown. The master painter responsible for Humor's frescoes, which were painted in 1535, is one Toma of Suceava.
The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.
I go to the Franciscan Monastery in Northeast DC year round; it's always a serene and beautiful place. While rich fall foliage dominates the landscape this time of year in DC, rose bushes make a comeback every autumn and put on a few blooms. I don't think there are any prettier than those at the monastery.
The monastery was founded by the Assyrian monk Joseph (Yoseb, Amba) Alaverdeli, who came from Antioch and settled in Alaverdi, then a small village and former pagan religious center dedicated to the Moon. At a height of over 55 meters, Alaverdi Cathedral is the second tallest religious building in Georgia, after Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, which was consecrated in 2004.
The monastery dates back to the 6th century, the present day cathedral was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George.
Alaverdi Monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Davit Gareja (David Gareji Monastery Complex) - one of the most notable religious and cultural centers of Georgia, the monastery cave complex. It is located in Kakheti, Sagarejo municipality, 60-70 km south-east of Tbilisi, on Gareji hill.
The complex was founded in the first half of the VI century by one of the Assyrian fathers called David. He came and settled in a small, natural cave in the Gareji Desert with his disciple Lukyan. That is how the monastery was founded, it was known in the later centuries by name David lavra.
David Gareji Lavra was the center of monastery life. By the time it broadens and adds branches. Academician G. Chubinashvili could not avoid the fact that there was mentioned 12 monasteries, but the available material allowed him to consider only seven monasteries, like other scientists, he also linked the "twelve" as a symbol in the Christian religion.
Bachkovo Monastery
The “Assumption” monastery is the second largest monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the western part of Rodope Mountain, 10 km away from Asenovgrad. It was founded by Grigoriy Bukuriani – Georgian military commander who was at the service of the Byzantine Emperor. After the Ottomans conquered Bulgaria at the end of 14 century, the heroic patriarch St. Evtimiy Tarnovski was sent into exile in the monastery where he stayed until the end of his life. At first the monastery survived ottoman attacks but later it was burned down and plundered. During the 15th century it was renovated. The main monastery church was built in 1604. The wall paintings in the refectory date back from 1643. There are stages of “the Doomsday”, figures of holy monks, stages from the Orthodox Church history, and many other mural paintings. The icon of Virgin Mary is said to be miraculous. 103 manuscripts and 252 old printed books were found in the monastery in the beginning of 20 century and were called “a real literature depository”.
(Extracted from the website, www.visitbulgaria.net/en/bachkovo_monastery).
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Built in the third century BC The Monastery is believed to have been built as a Nabatean tomb for King Obadas. The structure now stands high above the World Heritage Listed ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan.
As mentioned in my last image, this is the second scene i took while my fast walk through monastery Comburg. My tripod was set up and the lights at the right side were off. 1 second before i released my cable trigger the lights went on. What a luck ! :-) The color temperature was very greenish but a frew moments later it was equal warm as the light on the left side. That´s better than to correct this later ! :-)
Tabo Monastery (Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery) is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. A dry high altitude desert region, the monastery is found at 3,050m above sea level. It was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year of the Fire Ape. The interior consists of buddhist thankas, frescoes and statues and is one of the oldest continuously functioning buddhist monasteries within India and the Himalayas.
Two Cats at Transfiguration Monastery / Преображенски манастир - 7km north from Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново - Samovodene - България / Bulgaria
Built in the rockface
Petra was built by the Nabataean Arabs around the 6th century BC.
The monastery was built high in the mountains and people can go there walking or they can ride on a donkey.
Petra, Jordan
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
The kitchen, built in the XVIII, is a space marked by the great baroque chimney, lined with tiles. The imposing chimney rests on eight columns of cast iron. The tank is fed underground by the levada of an arm of the Alcoa River
Tengboche Monastery, also known as Dawa Choling Gompa, in the Tengboche village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Sherpa community. Situated at 3,867 metres, the monastery is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region of Nepal.
Rangdum Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect, situated on top of a small but steep sugarloaf hill at an altitude of 4,031 m, at the head of the Suru Valley, in Ladakh. It is next to the tiny village of Zulidok, and about 25 km north of the 4,400m Pensi La, which leads into Zanskar.
The monastery was electrified using solar energy in June 2017 by Global Himalayan Expedition
Kecharis Monastery (Կեչառիսի վանքային համալիր), is a medieval Armenian monastic complex dating back to the 11th to 13th centuries. It is located 60 km from Yerevan, in the ski resort town of Tsaghkadzor. The main temple of the complex is the church of Saint Grigor.
The Savina Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Савина, romanized: Manastir Savina; lit. "Sava's monastery") is a Serbian Orthodox monastery of three churches near the city Herceg Novi in the Bay of Kotor, located in thick Mediterranean vegetation in one of the most beautiful parts of the Montenegrin Littoral.
Zedazeni Monastery - one of the oldest monastery complexes, a monument of architecture, northeast of Mtskheta, on the forest-covered Saguramo ridge, at 1170 meters above sea level.
According to historical records, a fortress (not preserved) was built on Zedazeni at the beginning of the II century (in 109). In the middle of the VI century, a group of Georgian ecclesiastical figures (so-called Assyrian fathers) who returned to their homeland from Syria, the commander John chose a "mountain, near the east of Mtskheta and north of Svetitskhoveli, and he climbed a high mountain called Zeda (Upper) Zaden". Here "he found a small cave, build a church and settled there". After that he was named John Zedazneli. From here, John sent his disciples to work in different parts of Kartli and Kakheti, and he stayed with one of the disciples on Zedazeni. John died in 573. His disciples and associates first buried John's body in the monastery of Tata, but soon, according to the saint's will, "they took him to the place with great reverence, and buried John here, and later a church was built for him." John was buried in a chapel specially built for him. In the third quarter of the VIII century, the Catholicos Clementos built a three-nave basilica here and incorporated John's chapel into it as part of the north nave of the basilica. Then the monastery was built and improved.
b>Location: Saint Paul Monastery, Red Sea Governorate, approx. 250km Southern east of Egypt
About: It's considered as one of the old gates in the Monastery for the monks cells in the past. Nowadays their numbers are increasing and there are some new cells are being constructed in some other zones in the monastery built by stones (Vernacular architecture).
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: : Lightroom: Processed in JPEG using a Preset made by me :).
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- Final Processing (Canvas and Signature).
From the Mount Angel Abbey in St. Benedict: I have photographed these same bells in the past but the sky was a boring clear blue in my last picture. Since then I’ve been waiting for a more interesting sky to appear but with Mount Hood still visible in the background. It’s rare to see both clouds and Mountain at the same time from this point. I’ve made several trips here when the sky seemed promising only to find Mount Hood completely covered. Plus, the bells will be blocked from the sun by the monastery if it’s too late in the day so timing is important. Finally, after two years I got my wish.
Click below to see and hear the bells in action: