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Cozia Monastery - Romania
Cozia Monastery, erected close to Călimănești by Mircea cel Bătrân in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
Cozia features a museum of exhibiting old art: old manuscripts and prints, embroideries and objects of worship.
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Interesting te read:
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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.
Ongi Monastery - Karakorum - Karkhorum - Mongolia
Ongi Monastery is the collective name for the ruins of two monasteries that face each other across the Ongi River in Saikhan-Ovoo district of Dundgovi Province, in south-central Mongolia. The Barlim Monastery is located on the north bank of the river while the Khutagt Monastery sits on the south bank. The older southern complex consisted of various administrative buildings as well as 11 temples. The northern complex, built in the 18th century, consisted of 17 temples - among them one of the largest temples in all of Mongolia. The grounds housed also 4 Buddhist universities. Founded in 1660, it was one of the largest monasteries in Mongolia and housed over 1000 monks at its height. The ruins are situated about 18 km south of the town of Saikhan Ovoo.
Both complexes of Ongi Monastery were completely destroyed in 1939 during anti-religious purges carried out under Khorloogiin Choibalsan, the then leader of the Communist Party of Mongolia. Over 200 monks were killed, and many surviving monks were imprisoned or forcibly laicized and conscripted into the Communist controlled army.
A large number of ruins including a tall stupa can be seen on the river and on the surrounding hills. In the 1990s, it was decided to rebuild the monastery. The first temple was inaugurated in 2004. There is a small museum in a ger in front of it. One of the stupas has just been reconstructed as well. It has a commemorative plaque indicating the names of the monks who were killed in 1939.
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Details of the Gomari Monastery
Rebkong is located in the Golden Valley of the Rongwu Guchu River in Malho prefecture southeast of Qinghai province, The valley is at about 2600m above sea-level, extends from the north to south, and is surrounded by several mountains. Rebkong is also famous for itâs Tibetan traditional arts and cultural preservation. The there are several large monasteries and villages scattering around the Rongwu town which is home to hundreds of artist. The most well known villages and monasteries are Sanggeshung Yago and Sanggeshung Mago(upper and lower Wutun), Gomar Gompa, Nyamtok village.etc. If you are interested in learning Tibetan culture and Tibetan traditional arts, Rebkong will be one of most recommend region.
Located in Ferdinand , Indiana.
Took this photo in early October on the way to Kansas. The Monastery can be seen from I-64 and usually will take a glimpse of it and say to myself ......... " need to stop and check this one out , and then drive on. "
Took the time to get a better look at it and will definitely have to schedule in some time for a tour of the building the next time through.
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Known as the "Castle on the Hill", the Monastery, founded in 1867, is home to one of the nation’s largest communities of Benedictine women. The distinctive, recently-restored Romanesque dome, rises majestically over the town of Ferdinand, standing at 87 feet from the floor and 32 and a half feet in diameter. Throughout the church, 89 angels are present, 16 of which are depicted on the stained glass windows surrounding the dome. The church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated an Official Project of Save America's Treasures.
Jeronimos Monastery, in Belem by the Tagus (Tejo) River, was begun in 1502, and took 50 years to build.
Calaraseuca Monastery - Moldova
The hard working nuns.
Calaraseuca Monastery is a monastery in the north of Moldova, located on the right a river Nistru. It was founded in the eighteenth century. In 1780 the old church could no longer be used, and Hagi Marcu Donici of Movilau, on the left a river Nistru, built a church and a steeple, which was sanctified in 1782 dedicated to the Assumption Holy Mother of God. In 1853 starts the construction of two churches dedicated to St. Mitrofan of Voronejului.
In 1916 the monks go to other monasteries, and nuns are brought Calaraseuca Virov refugees in the monastery, from Poland (located at the time of the Austro-German occupation). In 1961 the communist authorities Calaraseuca monastery transformed into a hospital for mentally disabled children. The church winter was transformed in a club and summer in the hospital warehouse. On 3 May 1991, nuns from the monastery was reopened Calaraseuca.
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.
The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.
Armenia. A complez built up between the 4th and 12th centuries.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
November 2016
The Shio-Mgvime Monastery is a medieval monastic complex in Georgia, near the town of Mtskheta. It is located in a narrow limestone canyon on the northern bank of the river Mtkvari (Kura), some 30 km from Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital.
The Shio-Mgvime complex
According to a historic tradition, the first monastic community at this place was founded by the 6th-century monk Shio, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers who came to Georgia as Christian missionaries. St. Shio is said to have spent his last years as a hermit in a deep cave near Mtskheta subsequently named Shiomghvime ("the Cave of Shio") after him. The earliest building – the Monastery of St. John the Baptist – a cruciform church, very plain and strict in its design, indeed dates to that time, c. 560s-580s, and the caves curved by monks are still visible around the monastery and along the road leading to the complex. The church has an octagonal dome covered with a conic floor and once housed a masterfully ornate stone iconostasis which is now on display at the Art Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi. The monastery was somewhat altered in the 11th and 18th centuries, but has largely retained its original architecture.
The Upper Church (zemo eklesia) named after the Theotokos is a central part of the Shio-Mgvime complex constructed at the verge of the 12th century at the behest of King David IV of Georgia. Initially a domed church, it was subsequently destroyed by a foreign invasion and restored, in 1678, as a basilica. A refectory was built between the 12th and 17th centuries and directly communicates with the Cave of St. Shio. A 12th-century small chapel adorned with medieval murals stands separately on a nearby hill.
An archaeological expedition revealed, in 1937, a 2 km long aqueduct supplying the monastic communities from the nearby village of Skhaltba, and chronicled in 1202 as being constructed by Bishop Anton of Chkondidi, a minister at Queen Thamar’s court.
History
St. Shio, an eponymous founder of the monastery, as depicted on a 19th-century mural.
Shio-Mgvime quickly turned into the largest monastic community in Georgia and by the end of the 6th century it was populated by as many as 2,000 monks. It became a vibrant center of cultural and religious activities and remained under the personal patronage of Catholicoi of Georgia. David IV "the Builder" (1089-1125) made it a royal domain and dictated regulations (typicon) for the monastery (1123). The downfall of the medieval Georgian kingdom and incessant foreign invasions resulted in the decline of the monastery. It saw a relative revival when the Georgian king George VIII (r. 1446-1465) granted Shio-Mgvime and its lands to the noble family of Zevdginidze-Amilakhvari to whom the monastery served as a familial burial ground up to the 1810s.
The monastery was ravaged by the invading Persian troops sent by Shah Abbas I of Safavid in 1614-6. Prince Givi Amilakhvari reconstructed it in 1678, but the 1720s Ottoman occupation of Georgia brought about another devastation and depopulation of Shio-Mgvime. Restored by the Amilakhvari family again in 1733, the monastery was raided and the monks massacred by the Persians less than two years later. Subsequently, Shio-Mgvime was restored and its interior renovated in the 19th century, but it never regained its past importance and role in the spiritual life of Georgia. Under the Bolshevik rule, the monastery was closed, but it is now functional and attracts many pilgrims and tourists.
Mosteiro de Leça do Balio
Localizado em Matosinhos, o Mosteiro de Leça do Balio serviu, originalmente, a Ordem de Malta. Foi edificado no século XIV por Diogo Pires, o Moço. No lugar onde se ergue a igreja, gótica, existiu, por volta do ano 900, um convento dúplex de invocação do Salvador, provavelmente arrasado durante a invasão de Almançor, em princípios do século XI.O templo foi construído por iniciativa de frei Estevão Vasques Pimentel. Na segunda metade do século XIV (1372), ali casou D. Fernando com D. Leonor Teles. A igreja tem caracter defensivo, com planta em cruz latina de três naves e cabeceira tripla abobadada, com fachada revelando a divisão espacial interior e conservando lateralmente torre quadrangular alta.
Apresenta torre não maciça, com masmorra, como a torre de menagem do Castelo de Belver e as torres do Castelo da Amieira, ambas construções da Ordem do Hospital. Do mosteiro só já existe a igreja, de planta cruciforme, três naves de cinco tramos, transepto inscrito mas volumetricamente distinto, cabeceira com capela-mor e absidíolos, e torre sineira quadrangular adossando a sul ao frontispício.
Apresenta volumes escalonados com coberturas diferenciadas em telhados de uma, duas e quatro aguas. A fachada principal, orientada a oeste, é ladeada por alta torre, provida de balcões com mata-cães, a meia altura, e no topo, em angulo, seteiras e sete janelas ogivais.
O pórtico, aberto em alfiz e de quatro arquivoltas sobre colunas, é sobrepujado por um balcão ameado assente numa cachorrada, e por uma rosácea radiante. Nos flancos, aprumados de merlões sobre as cornijas, rasgam-se janelas geminadas. Na fachada Sul, abre-se um portal de quatro arquivoltas com gablete simples e colunas capitelizadas com lavores zoofitomórficos. Os alçados, tanto das naves laterais como da nave central, estão coroados de ameias.
No interior, o templo tem naves separadas por arcos quebrados, assentes em colunas com capitáis lavrados. Os arcos do transepto são mais altos que os do corpo da igreja. O tecto é de madeira. Iluminam o interior janelas geminadas, nas naves laterais.
Possui ainda janelões de mainel e arco apontado, nas paredes do tramo final junto a cabeceira e na abside; simples e altas frestas, nos ábside. Oito janelas do clerestório e um óculo sobre o arco da capela-mor iluminam o espaço superior da nave axial. A capela-mor tem abóbada de pedra, de nove nervuras, a que correspondem colunas aneladas, nas paredes.
Abóbadas nervuradas cobrem os absidíolos. Na capela-mor encontra se uma campa rasa brasonada (armas dos Almeidas e Vasconcelos) e, em arcossólio adossado a parede direita, a arca tumular de frei Cristóvão de Cernache (1569).
Na parede fronteira situam-se os nichos que guardam os túmulos de frei Lopo Pereira de Lima (1684) e de frei Diogo de Melo Pereira (1666). No absidíolo do lado do Evangelho, encontra-se o túmulo de frei João Coelho, com estatua jazente.
Na capela do ferro, situada do lado da Epístola, localiza-se a campa rasa do fundador, frei Estévão Vasques (1336), encimada por uma placa de bronze contendo o epitáfio do defunto em caracteres leoneses.
Nesta placa estão ainda gravados motivos decorativos, destacando-se a rara apresentaçao da Anunciação da Virgem, pois figura a alma de Jesus, em forma de Menino, voando do Padre Eterno para o seio de Maria.
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I took this photo yesterday, with my Sony W 50 digi cam.
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From Wikipedia: Khor Virap is significant in Armenian history because it is the where Saint Gregory the Illuminator (the patron-saint of Armenia) was imprisoned in a deep dungeon for 13 years by the then pagan Armenian King Trdat III.
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.
The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.
Tatev is a working monastery, but much of it is open to the public.
I'm not sure what this hall is used for.
The Sümela Monastery stands at 1200 m altitude on the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in a fabulous mountain landscape in the region of Maçka in Trabzon province. According to the legend, the Monastery was founded in the honour of the Assumption of Virgin Mary by two monks from Athens called Barnabas and Sophronius during the reign of the Emperor Theodousius I (AD 375-395). In the 6th century, it was restored and enlarged by the General Belisarius at the behest the Emperor Justinian. The Monastery reached its almost present form in the 13th century. It gained its highest importance during the reign of Alexios III (1349-1390) of the Comnenian Empire of Trabzon, which had been established in 1204. The crowning ceremony of Alexis III was held here. His son Manuel and the later Comnenus rulers have added more wealth and fame to the monastery by imperial grants. During the Ottoman Period, like most other Christian Orthodox monasteries, the rights of the Sümela Monastery were preserved by the Sultans. During the 18-19th centuries many parts of the Monastery were restored and some more buildings were added. The Monastery was seized by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916-1918 and then in 1923 it was completely abandoned. Today it is opened as a museum and is one of the most visited historical places in the Black Sea area. A church, a library rooms of the monks, a chapel, a sacred water spring and a kitchen can be seen inside the monastery. The monastery is famous for it’s well preserved old outside walls frescoes, although partly damaged by recent “inscriptions” carved by rude visitors of all times and nations.
Mănăstirea Sümela se află în regiunea Maçka din provincia Trabzon. Este situată la baza unei stânci abrupte care străjuieşte valea pârâului Altındere, într-un mirific peisaj de munte, la altitudinea de 1200 m. Legenda spune că mănăstirea a fost întemeiată cu hramul Adormirii Maicii Domnului de doi călugări din Atena, Barnabas şi Sofronius, în timpul domniei împăratului Teodosie I (375-395 AD). In secolul VI a fost restaurată şi extinsă de generalul Belizarie, din porunca împăratului Iustinian I (527-565 AD). In secolul XIII dobândise deja o formă apropiată de cea de astăzi. Cea mai mare importanţă a avut-o în timpul domniei lui Alexios III (1349-1390), conducătorul imperiului Comnenilor, întemeiat la Trabzon în 1204. Ceremonia de încoronare a lui Alexios III a avut loc în biserica mănăstirii. Fiul lui, Manuel, şi alţi prinţi care au succedat la domnie au contribuit cu daruri imperiale la consolidarea statutului de mănăstire puternică şi bogată. In perioada otomană, drepturile mănăstireşti au fost protejate de sultani, la fel ca şi în cazul altor aşezăminte creştin-ortodoxe de pe teritoriul imperiului. In secolele VIII-IX, au fost renovate unele părţi din mănăstire, adăugându-se şi construcţii noi. Mănăstirea a fost sub ocupaţie rusească odată cu toată provincia Trabzon în anii 1916-1918. Ulterior, în 1923, a fost complet abandonată. Astăzi este amenajată ca muzeu în care pot fi vizitate biserica, o bibliotecă, o capelă, chiliile călugărilor, bucătăria, izvorul cu aghiazmă. Mănăstirea este cunoscută pentru vechile fresce exterioare bine conservate, chiar dacă unele au fost parţial distruse de “inscripţii” recente scrijelite de vizitatori nesimţiţi din toate timpurile şi de toate naţiile.
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www.crestinortodox.ro/Manastirea_Sumela_din_Turcia-24-125...
One of the many monasteries I visited while abroad in India..definitely some interesting architecture.
Spitakavor monastery, south-eastern side
Spitakavor Monastery is a 14th-century Armenian monastic complex, in Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The monastery is located on the slopes of Teksar mountain.
This monastery (also referred to as St. Astvatsatsin, Boloraberd monastery, Gyolvank) was started by Prince E'achi Proshian and after his death (1318) finished by his son Amir Hassan II in 1321. It is built of polished felsite stone, which gives it its name (“Spitak” means white in Armenian).
Its main monument is the Spitakavor Church of the Holy Mother of God (Spitakavor Church of Surp Astvatsatsin). The church, a domed hall type, boasts a cruciform interior and a square exterior. It is adorned with high relief sculptures in spiritual and secular themes that are among the most valuable patterns in medieval Armenian architecture. The tympanum carving depicts St. Mary with the Christ child in her lap. The church sculptures are attributed to the famous 13th century artist Momik.
To the west lies the gavit (built between the years 1321 to 1330) with an almost square ground floor. Attached to the west wall, the three-storey belfry was built in 1330 for Hovhannes and his wife Tatch. The courtyard includes ruins of tombstones, monk cells and defensive walls dated to a later period.
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River at an elevation of 1,147 m (3,763 ft) above sea level, inside of the Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila (876 - 946 AD).
Ubicato a 45 Km. da Piatra Neamţ nel villaggio di Văratec, questo monastero venne costruito tra il 1781 ed il 1785 da Olimpiade sulle vestigia di un vecchio eremo. E' un insieme di stile neoclassico assieme a quello moldavo degli inizi del diciannovesimo secolo.
Located 45 km from Piatra Neamt in the village of Văratec, this monastery was erected between 1781 and 1785 by Olympiad on the remains of an old hermitage. It's mix of neo-classical style together with the Moldovan early nineteenth century.
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