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Amarbayasgalant Monastery is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia. The monastery complex is located in the Iven Valley near the Selenge River, at the foot of Mount Büren-Khaan in Baruunbüren sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The nearest town is Erdenet which is about 60 km to the southwest.
Amarbayasgalant was one of the very few monasteries to have partly escaped destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937, after which only the buildings of the central section remained. Many of the monks were executed by the country's Communist regime and the monastery's artifacts, including thangkas, statues, and manuscripts were looted, although some were hidden until more fortunate times.
Today, only 28 temples remain. Restoration work began in 1988 with funds provided by UNESCO and private sources and some of the new statuary was commissioned in New Delhi, India.
The Abbey of Kladruby is a large Benedictine monastery first cited 1115. Its vast Late Baroque Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Giovanni Battista Santini, architect) attests to the secular power and wealth of the abbey, which was dissolved under the regime of Joseph II.
The abbot's princely revenue and territories made his naming a matter of considerable concern to the King of Bohemia, whose prerogative it was. In a confrontation with the local hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church over the rights of investiture—a conflict with parallels to the Investiture Controversy of the 12th century— King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia dealt with the interference of John of Nepomuk who had confirmed as abbot a candidate expressly not to Wencelaus' wishes, in the time-honoured way: on March 20, 1393, the offending bishop was thrown into the river Vltava from Charles Bridge in Prague at the behest of Wenceslaus. (John was canonized as St John of Nepomuk.)
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I have wanted to visit the famous and picturesque monastery of Kladruby for years; only couple of months ago, however, this did happen. It is a truly special place - looks wonderful, and walking in nearby woods in a search for a nice view of the monastery is a rewarding activity as well.
Hnevank (Armenian: Հնեվանք; meaning "Old Monastery" Georgian: ძელი ჭეშმარიტი) is a 7th-12th century Armenian Apostolic Church monastery, located near the village of Kurtan in the Lori Province of Armenia. The monastery is situated on a hill within a gorge, near where the Dzoraget and Gargar rivers join.
The monastery was entirely rebuilt by lord Smbat of the House of Orbelian, a branch of the Liparitids who were expelled to Armenia in the late 12th century from Georgia. Liparitids were themselves a branch of the Mamikonians. Smbat was the ancestor of the Armenian princes of Syunik. A Georgian inscription around the drum attests his name.
The monastery has a gavit and various service buildings scattered around the site.
The government of Armenia has recently begun renovating the monastery, removing much of the historical context of the original structure. The collapsed dome of the main church has been restored entirely.
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It was a lovely and sunny afternoon in the Lori province when we were traveling to the Hnevank monastery - the hilly green landscape was quite refreshing when compared to the vast plains of Shirak province that we visited a few days before...
The monastery of Lamayuru is on spectacular position on one high cliff. Laughed them to XI the century the temple more ancient it accommodates famous effige of Vairocana a Buddha centers them of the meditation and one beautiful collection of thangka.
North India - Ladakh- Indo Valley
The Monastery seems hewn and carved out of the living rock, with all its material taken from the worksite itself. It dates back to well before 1315, from which date onwards its history has been recorded. Its belfry rises there, making itself heard, with its musical note ringing out from this rocky symphony. In 1315 the monastery was the seat of the archbishop and of the bishopric of Besharri.
The monastery has now become a center of pilgrimage and a source of light radiating in the spiritual Church of the East, one where thousands of faithful come to pray and meditate.
It is located underneath Bcharre and close to the great cedars of Lebanon
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The monastery, located right at the starting point of the Ramet Gorges, is a 14th century historical monument comprising an Orthodox church and a school turned museum.
Shey Monastery (Ladakh, India)
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one of the many abandoned monasteries in Belgium. Taken in the chapel.
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Amarbayasgalant Monastery is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia. The monastery complex is located in the Iven Valley near the Selenge River, at the foot of Mount Büren-Khaan in Baruunbüren sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The nearest town is Erdenet which is about 60 km to the southwest.
Amarbayasgalant was one of the very few monasteries to have partly escaped destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937, after which only the buildings of the central section remained. Many of the monks were executed by the country's Communist regime and the monastery's artifacts, including thangkas, statues, and manuscripts were looted, although some were hidden until more fortunate times.
Today, only 28 temples remain. Restoration work began in 1988 with funds provided by UNESCO and private sources and some of the new statuary was commissioned in New Delhi, India.
The Shechen Monastery (Tibetan: ཞེ་ཆེན་, Wylie: Zhe-chen) is one of the six primary, or "mother," monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, in Tibet. It is located in Derge between Nangdo and Dzogchen Monastery. It was founded in 1695 Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen, though it is sometimes claimed to have been built by Gyurme Kunzang Namgyal in 1734. It became extremely influential in the 18th and 19th centuries, with up to 160 satellite monasteries dotting the Himalayas. The monastery was completely destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, but it was rebuilt in 1985 by Dilgo Khyentse.
There are also now Shechen monasteries in Nepal and India.
The monastery in Nepal was founded in 1980 near the great stupa of Boudhanath, just northeast of Kathmandu, and is known as Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery. The present abbot is the seventh Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, the grandson of Dilgo Khyentse. Prominent members of the monastery include the Yangsi (Tib.ཡང་སྲིད reincarnation) of Dilgo Khyentse, Matthieu Ricard and Changling Rinpoche.
Amarbayasgalant Monastery is one of the three largest Buddhist monastic centers in Mongolia. The monastery complex is located in the Iven Valley near the Selenge River, at the foot of Mount Büren-Khaan in Baruunbüren sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia. The nearest town is Erdenet which is about 60 km to the southwest.
Amarbayasgalant was one of the very few monasteries to have partly escaped destruction during the Stalinist purges of 1937, after which only the buildings of the central section remained. Many of the monks were executed by the country's Communist regime and the monastery's artifacts, including thangkas, statues, and manuscripts were looted, although some were hidden until more fortunate times.
Today, only 28 temples remain. Restoration work began in 1988 with funds provided by UNESCO and private sources and some of the new statuary was commissioned in New Delhi, India.
august 2010- a great journey on the route: Suzana Monastery - Cheia Monastery - Slanic (The Salt Mine)
Cheia Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Cheia), a Romanian monastery for monks dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is located on the right bank of Tâmpa Creek, southeast of Cheia, Prahova County. First attested in 1770, it was destroyed by the Ottomans, then ravaged by fire. The current church was built of stone between 1835 and 1839 and painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu in 1837.
Situated in the Teleajen Valley, it is surrounded by Ciucaş Mountain and Zăganu Mountain.
Heights you can se around here:
* Bratocea pass (1263 m)
* Tesla peak (1613 m)
* Ciucaş peak (1954 m)
* Valea Berii (the Beer Valley)
* Muntele Roşu (the Red Mountain)
* Gropşoare peak (1833 m)
* Zăganu peak (1817 m)
* Cheia resort (875 m).
I think what makes this Monastery is the people. The gent next to me, in the video, is of the Anglican Faith, well schooled in religious history. He had been coming here for around 20 years. I asked him why hadn't he converted to Russian Orthodox, the Abbot thought this highly amusing. He was about to head off and cut firewood with the monks. He had been friends with the Abbot since first coming here. The night before, the Abbot invited me to chat with him and his friend. The Abbot is a highly intelligent person, with diverse interests. Father "G", the candle maker monk, is too, I think. We shared coffee and chatted, along with his "biological" father, later in the morning. This Monastery is engaged with the community, servicing the people of the Eden/Monaro and Canberra. At Easter 6 monks looked after around 230 people. The monks have a disciplined life, eating two meals a day and working long days, yet they clearly enjoy life and laugh easily.
Monastery of Alcobaça, Portugal
The Alcobaça Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Alcobaça, Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Alcobaça.
The monastery was founded in the medieval period by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153, and maintained a close association with the Kings of Portugal throughout its history.
The church and monastery were the first Gothic buildings in Portugal, and, together with the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, it was one of the most important of the mediaeval monasteries in Portugal.
Due to its artistic and historical importance, it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1989
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An old monastery surrounded by stupas outside Kyaukme.
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Rilski Manastir / Рилски манастир / Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila - UNESCO World Heritage Site - България / Bulgaria
is a walled stauropegic Russian Orthodox monastery of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker located in a suburb of Moscow formerly known as Ugreshi and now called Dzerzhinsky.
There is a Monarch and accept men only.
It has the laggest collection of books.
It has the most luxury buildings.
It attracts the most smart men in the world.
St. Simeon Monastery
The Principal Church of the Monastery was built during the first half of the eleventh century (or possibly earlier, in the tenth century) and represents the oldest of its kind in Egypt. Though only the lower part of it remains, it is an important example of a domed oblong church, a type that dates back to the beginning of Egypt's Fatimid Period (969-1173). The naos has a nave and two side aisles. The domes are octagonal in shape, with the two largest domes covering and dividing the nave, which is lined with pillars, into two square areas. There is also a grotto at the west end of the north aisle of the church, where the structure rests against the rock which delimits the lower terrace, that is an ancient Egyptian rock tomb used by the monks as a habitat. This may have been the original dwelling of Anba Hatre himself. A rectangular cruciform sanctuary, originally covered by another dome, was once connected with the khurus (choir) so that altogether, they formed a large, single trefoil with three rectangular compartments. The addition of two rectangular rooms flanking the sanctuary, covered with half domes, was a later expansion in the eastern zone of the church.
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The Bachkovo monastery is one of the most important in the Eastern Orthodox Christian world; it’s also the second largest monastery in Bulgaria, and is located 30 kilometres from the Roman town of Plovdiv.
The monastery and its land dates back to 1083. This is the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel and is very unusual because it's built over two storeys. It dates from 1604.
All in all, the monastery estate has 18 churches and chapels, all of which can be visited by the public.
Ettal Monastery.
In 1328, the Holy Roman Emperor was returning from Rome with what was considered a miraculous statue of Mary and Jesus. He was in political and financial trouble, so to please God, he founded a monastery with this statue as its centerpiece. The monastery became important as a place of pilgrimage.
California? New Mexico? Boston.
From the Passionist Historical Archives:
In 1907 the Passionists received permission to establish a monastery in Boston. Father Fidelis Kent Stone, husband, father and widower, former Episcopal minister, President of Kenyon and Hobart Colleges, convert, Paulist priest and Passionist, pioneered the effort. In 1908 the Nevins Estate in Brighton was purchased. Dedicated in 1911, St. Gabriel's Monastery, built with attention to Spanish architecture, was soon home to a small community of itinerant preachers and a public chapel where many came for spiritual consolation. St. Gabriel's also served as a Passionist house of studies. From 1911 to 1978, St. Gabriel's was home to a laymen's retreat movement. A separate retreat wing was added to the monastery in 1927 and expanded in 1950. In the post-conciliar era this ministry grew and changed from a monastic style retreat to a team approach.
In 1928 a church was built on the property to replace the chapel. Weekly devotions in honor of Passionists saints, an outreach to the community, especially the many hospitals and public housing developments, and an option for the poor with parish projects have been important ministries over the decades.
In 1978 the Passionists decided to close St. Gabriel's Monastery due to financial concerns and lack of personnel. In 1980 it was sold to St. Elizabeth's Hospital. From the early 1980s until the late 1990s, a small Passionist community resided at St. Gabriel's Residence, adjacent to the original property.