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The Putna monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery, one of the most important cultural, religious and artistic centers established in medieval Moldavia; as with many others, it was built and dedicated by Prince Stephen the Great.
Right after Stephen the Great won the battle in which he conquered the Kilia citadel, he began work on the monastery as a means to give thanks to God, on July 10, 1466 - the church was to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
The amazing site of the Tengboche Monastery nestled in the mountains at 3,867 metres (12,687 ft) presents itself like a timewarp from a different age. The Tengboche Monastery (Thyangboche Monastery) also known as Dawa Choling Gompa, sits in the area of Khumjung which is part of in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal. The monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nepalese Sherpa community and the ancient scriptures of Tibet refer to this valley along with Rowlang and Khanbalung valleys as sacred places. Tenzing Norgay, who was a local inhabitant of Tengboche village, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary on the British 1953 expedition. You can see the trial from Phortse running across the mountains on the other side of the valley. Shot with Fuji Velvia slide film. Nepalese Himalayas, Nepal.
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The Vlacherna monastery viewed from above this time, another LE
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Medieval Martvili Monastery or Chkondidi is located not far from Martvili. The monastery dates back to the VII century and belongs to the tetraconchus temples. The original view of the church was changed after the invasion in 736. The monastery served as a burial vault for the kings and at one time was one of the main religious centers of the Megrelia region.
The main temple of the monastery is the Assumption of the Virgin that is perfectly preserved to the present day. The walls of the church are decorated with frescoes of the XIV – XVII centuries, which were partially damaged over the centuries. Initially, the temple had a small dome, which, after reconstruction, was replaced by a larger one.
To the northern part of the fence adjoins the X century church, with a burial found under the church. To the south-west of the central temple is a pillar of 20 meters height. The staircase leads to a small church. To the north-east of the temple there is located a chapel, which was built later.
The Cliff walk, also known as "Monastery Walk", around Ardmore Head is one of the most beautiful loop walks in County Waterford. There´s lots to see along the way, so let me take you on a little photographic excursion along this scenic hike.
Ardmore in County Waterford is believed to be one of the oldest monasteries in Ireland. Saint Declan converted the people of the Decies an ancient principality of southern Ireland, to Christianity about 400 AD.
We started the cliff walk at Ardmore Cliff Hotel
Saint Declan's Well and Hermitage is situated a little way up the cliff walk, next to the sea, overlooking the beach and Ardmore Bay. It was used to baptize the Christian missionaries. Declan also built himself a monk´s cell next to the Holy Well to retreat into seclusion.
This is a very special place it feels like hallowed ground and it's breathtaking beautiful. :-)
Chapel in the water.....
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A partial view of the Alcobaça Monastery in Alcobaça Portugal. The church and monastery were the first Gothic buildings in Portugal, and today is a World Heritage Site. Construction of this massive building began in 1178 and the monks moved into the monastery in 1223. The adjoining church was not completed until 1252. Later in the 13th century, construction started on the Gothic cloister, which is also known as the Cloister of Silence.
Georgia, 2013.
“Humans! They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect, that'd happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn't a thousand times more impressive and happened all the time...”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Alaverdi Monastery (Georgian: ალავერდის მონასტერი) is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, the present day cathedral was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George.
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. Its overall size is also smaller than the cathedral of Svetitskhoveli in Mtskheta. The monastery is the focus of the annual religious celebration Alaverdoba. Situated in the heart of the world's oldest wine region, the monks also make their own wine, known as Alaverdi Monastery Cellar. [source: wikipedia.com]
The largest Monastery on Skiathos is the beautiful Evagelistria Monastery, and still working, although a lot smaller than it used to be.
On the first day of the circumambulation around Mt. Kailash, Ngari Province, Western Tibet.
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Niko-Vyazhischsky Monastery is a stavropegic convent of the Russian Orthodox Church. Located near the village of Vyazhischi, Novgorod District, Novgorod Region // Нико́ло-Вяжи́щский монастырь — ставропигиальный женский монастырь Русской православной церкви. Расположен рядом с деревней Вяжищи Новгородского района Новгородской области.
St. Kevin Monastery, Glendalough Monastic Site, Wicklow County, Ireland
Monasterio de San Kevin, Glendalough, Condado de Wicklow, Irlanda
The Zarzma Monastery of Transfiguration (Georgian: ზარზმის მონასტერი) is a medieval Orthodox Christian monastery located at the village of Zarzma in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, southwest Georgia.
The Zarzma monastery is nested in the forested river valley of Kvabliani in the Adigeni municipality, 30 km west of the city of Akhaltsikhe. It is the complex of a series of buildings dominated by a domed church and a belfry, one of the largest in Georgia.
The earliest church on the site was probably built in the 8th century, by the monk Serapion whose life is related in the hagiographic novel by Basil of Zarzma. According to his source, the great nobleman Giorgi Chorchaneli made significant donation – including villages and estates – to the monastery. The extant edifice dates from the early years of the 14th century, however. Its construction was sponsored by Beka I, Prince of Samtskhe and Lord High Mandator of Georgia of the Jaqeli family. What has survived from the earlier monastery is the late 10th-century Georgian inscription inserted in the chapel's entrance arch. The inscription reports the military aid rendered by Georgian nobles to the Byzantine emperor Basil II against the rebellious general Bardas Sclerus in 979. In 1544, the new patrons of the monastery – the Khursidze family – refurnished the monastery.
The façades of the church are richly decorated and the interior is frescoed. Apart from the religious cycles of the murals there are a series of portraits of the 14th-century Jaqeli family as well as of the historical figures of the 16th century. After the Ottoman conquest of the area later in the 16th century, the monastery was abandoned and lay in disrepair until the early 20th century, when it was reconstructed, but some of the unique characteristics of the design were lost in the process.
Currently, the monastery is functional and houses a community of Georgian monks. It is also the site of pilgrimage and tourism.
A smaller replica of the Zarzma church, known as Akhali Zarzma ("New Zarzma") is located in the same municipality, near Abastumani. It was commissioned by Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, a member of the Russian imperial family, from the Tbilisi-based architect Otto Jacob Simons who built it between 1899 and 1902, marrying a medieval Georgian design with the contemporaneous architectural forms. Its interior was frescoed by the Russian painter Mikhail Nesterov.
The Monastery of Saint Varsonofy. Founded in 1996. Pokrovsky Selishchi Village, Zubova Polyana District, the Republic of Mordovia, Russia.
The Monastery of Moldovița was built in 1532 by Petru Rareș, (illegitimate son of Stephen III of Moldavia) to serve as a protective barrier against the Ottoman conquerors. This monastery is one of the eight monasteries in Bucovina with frescoes painted on the outer walls. The frescoes were painted by Toma of Suceava in 1537 and represent "the holy scriptures in color". Moldovița and the other monasteries in the region were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993, as the Painted churches of Moldavia. The architectural style of the monastery is Byzantine and Gothic.
Used my DJI Spark to get a birds eye view of this Monastery embedded in a cliff at Meteora, Greece - incredible sight!
Holy Trinity Monastery sits atop the highest pinnacle in Meteora. Meteora, Greece is a town in a valley of the Pindos Mountains in the Thessaly region. The dominant feature of the valley are the immense pillars of rock that were formed by eons of geologic activity and weather. Monks began to seek solitude and refuge in the many caves among the pillars from the 9th century. Eventually they formed communities and later monasteries atop the pinnacles. There are currently six monasteries preserved and ruins of another 18. Only a handful of monks and an order of nuns at St. Stephen still live there. The area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
Ettal Abbey in the Ammergau Alps in Bavaria was founded around 1330. After a fire in 1744, the monastery was rebuilt in contemporary Baroque style. The center of the architecture in the monastery complex is the baroque basilica.
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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.
The church of the monastery was built in 1553-1564 by prince Alexandru Lapusneanu, the son in law of prince Petru Rares, in a idyllic remote forested location and it is a princely cript.
Its thick walls and dense forest around make it very impressive.
The original paintings were lost in the fire during the fights and fire in 1821.
The town of Meteora, Greece is spread out in the valley below this pinnacle of rock.
Meteora, Greece is a town in a valley of the Pindos Mountains in the Thessaly region. The dominant feature of the valley are the immense pillars of rock that were formed by eons of geologic activity and weather. Monks began to seek solitude and refuge in the many caves among the pillars from the 9th century. Eventually they formed communities and later monasteries atop the pinnacles for safety and seclusion. There are currently six monasteries preserved and ruins of another 18. Only a handful of monks still live in one monastery. The area was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
The Ypapantis Monastery also known as the Monastery of the Ascension of the Savior is a former Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. The monastery is built into the side of Dimitrios Rock.
Putna Monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, is an Orthodox Christian monastic place, important cultural, religious and artistic center. In 2021, the authorities in Suceava County began marking the Via Mariae route to Putna Monastery.
The monastery is located 33 km northwest of Radauti, Suceava County. In the scriptory of Putna were copied manuscripts and precious miniatures were made. The place holds a rich monastery museum, with embroideries, manuscripts, religious objects, icons, etc.
The entrance to the monastery is made under the vaulted archer of a tower composed of ground floor and first floor, on whose eastern façade is the coat of arms of Moldova dated 1471. The tower was built in 1757 in the time of Prince Constantin Racoviță, this one also bearing the coat of arms on the western facade, in which the coats of arms of Moldavia and Wallachia appear together. Because the poet Mihai Eminescu together with Ioan Slavici and other participants in the “Putna Celebration” in August 1871 overnighted in those days in the hall upstairs, this construction is called “The Eminescu Tower”. Also on the east side is located the “Tower of the bell tower”, built in 1882.