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Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh (within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir). Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgy.
The Hemis festival [ celebrated in June ] is dedicated to Lord Padmasambhava (Gur Rimpoche) venerated as the Dance Performance at Hemis Monastery representative reincarnate of Buddha. He is believed to have been born on the 10th day of the fifth month of the Monkey year as predicted by the "Shakia Muni Buddha". It is also believed that his life mission was, and remains, to improve the spiritual condition of all living beings.And so on this day, which comes once in a cycle of 12 years, Hemis observes a major extravaganza in his memory. The observance of these sacred rituals is believed to give spiritual strength and good health. The Hemis festival takes place in the rectangular courtyard in front of the main door of the monastery. The space is wide and open save two raised square platforms, three feet high with a sacred pole in the center. A raised dias with a richly cushioned seat with a finely painted small Tibetan table is placed with the ceremonial items - cups full of holy water, uncooked rice, tormas made of dough and butter and incense sticks. A number of musicians play the traditional music with four pairs of cymbals, large-pan drums, small trumpets and large size wind instruments. Next to them, a small space is assigned for the lamas to sit.
The ceremonies begin with an early morning ritual atop the Gompa where, to the beat of drums and the resounding clash of cymbals and the spiritual wail of pipes, the portrait of "Dadmokarpo" or "Rygyalsras Rimpoche" is then ceremoniously put on display for all to admire and worship.
The most esoteric of festivities are the mystic mask dances. The Mask Dances of Ladakh are referred collectively as chams Performance. Chams performance is essentially a part of Tantric tradition, performed only in those gompas which follow the Tantric vajrayana teachings and the monks perform tantric worship.
Vankasar Monastery's chapel is located on the eastern frontier of Artsakh Republic, and was reputedly founded by Artsakh's celebrated monarch Vachagan II the Pious of the early medieval Arranshahik dynasty © PanARMENIAN Photo/Davit Hakobyan All the images presented in this photostream are part of photo sets that can be purchased for editorial or commercial use. Contact us
Calaraseuca Monastery - Moldova
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.
Named afer the holy lance that pierced Christ's side at crucifixion. The 4th century monastery of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain.
The spear itself was once kept here but is now housed in the holy treasury at Echmiadzin.
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The Moldovița Monastery (Romanian: Mânăstirea Moldovița) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery situated in the commune of Vatra Moldoviței, Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania. The Monastery of Moldovița was built in 1532 by Petru Rareș, who was Stefan the Great's (in Romanian Ștefan cel Mare) illegitimate son. It was founded as a protective barrier against the Muslim Ottoman conquerors from the East.
Georgian Orthodox Churches: Svetitskhoveli Cathedral on the background of the holy cross (djvari) monastery. Georgia-mtsketa
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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.
Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia.
After his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1138, the bishop of Olomouc, Jindřich Zdík, took hold of the idea of founding a monastery of regular canons in Prague. He had the support of the bishops of Prague and Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia and -- after his death -- Vladislav II. After Zdík's first unsuccessful attempt to found a Czech variant of the canons' order at the place called Strahov in 1140, an invitation was issued to the Premonstratensians, whose first representatives arrived from Steinfeld in the Rhine valley (now Germany).
The monks began to build their monastery first of wood, with a Romanesque basilica as the center of all spiritual events in Strahov. The building was gradually completed and the construction of the monastery stone buildings continued, in order to replace the provisional wooden living quarters with permanent stone. In 1258, the monastery was heavily damaged by fire and later renewed.
It has been rebuilt numerous times since, due to the ravages of various wars. It is likely not the monastery itself, nor its church, however, that astonishes visitors. That distinction goes to the the library within its walls.
The library is divided into two major halls: the Baroque Theological Hall contains 18,000 religious texts, and the grand Philosophical Hall has over 42,000 ancient philosophical texts. The libraries hold many rare volumes, are masterfully frescoed, and contain 17th-century geographical globes.
Above the shelves of the Theological Hall are gilded wooded-carved decorations with wooden cartouches. These functioned as a sort of beautiful early card catalogue system. The pictures in the wooden cartouches and their titles specified the type of literature stored on the shelves below.
Of special note is the compilation wheel, used by 17th-century scribes to compile texts. The scribe would place various texts that he needed to copy from on the wheel, which functioned as a kind of rotating shelf. A planetary mechanism inside ensured that the books were always held at the same angle, even as they spun around.
Strahov also contains a beautiful cabinet of curiosities, brought to the monastery from the estate of Karel Jan Erben in 1798. The hall of cabinets include bits of a dodo bird, a large 18th-century electrostatic device, numerous old ocean specimens, insects, minerals, anthropological artifacts, and for unclear reasons, many glass cases full of wax fruit.
Info extracted from website: Now located in North Miami, The Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux was completed in 1141 in Sacramenia, near Segovia in northern Spain.
Bernard of Cairvaux was a Cisterciari monk (later canonized) and one of the most influential church leaders of his time. Cistercian monks occupied the Monastery for nearly 700 years. After a social revolution in the 1830's, the Monastery’s Cloisters were seized, sold, and converted into a granary and stable.
In 1925, William Randolph Hearst purchased the Cloisters and the Monastery's outbuildings. The structures were dismantled stone by stone, bound with protective hay, packed in more than 11,000 wooden crates, numbered for identification and shipped to the United States. Soon after the shipment arrived, Hearst's financial problems forced most of his collection to be sold at auction. The massive crates remained in a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, for 26 years. One year after Hearst’s' death in 1952, they were purchased by two entrepreneurs for use as a tourist attraction. It took 19 months and the equivalent of nearly $20 million dollars (in today’s currency) to put the Monastery back together. In 1953 Time magazine called it “the biggest jigsaw puzzle in history.”
In 1964, Colonel Robert Pentland, Jr, who was a multimillionaire banker, philanthropist and benefactor of many Episcopal churches, purchased the Cloisters and presented them to the Bishop of Florida. Today the parish Church of St. Bernard de Clairvaux is an active and growing congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Services are held on Sundays and weekdays in both English and Spanish.
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The Monastery of Sant Cugat is a Benedictine abbey in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the 9th century, and built until the 14th century, it was the most important monastery in the county of Barcelona. It has its main feature in the large cloister, in Romanesque style.
New monastery foundation stone 11 Nov 1928 by Archbishop Robert Spence, opened 22 Sep 1929, extensions foundation stone 5 Nov 2000 by Archbishop Leonard Faulkner. A new wing for laymen’s retreats foundation stone 19 May 1957 by Norman Thomas Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney. First Passionist Monastery opened 1896 in “The Glen”, home built 1849 by Joseph Barrow Montefiore at Glen Osmond, extensions 1900, demolished 1929 when new monastery built.
[Photo of original building: Advertiser 5 Aug 1927, page 14]
“His Grace the Archbishop performed a double ceremony at Glen Osmond . . . blessed and opened the new church recently completed for the Passionist Fathers, and blessed and laid the foundation-stone of the new Monastery, which is so badly needed on account of the dilapidated state of the old building.” [Southern Cross 16 Nov 1928]
“The old place had long since outlived its usefulness, the structure having become positively dangerous as a residence. . . The architectural design is after the Spanish example of such homes, the outer, walls being roughly coated with plaster.” [Southern Cross 27 Sep 1929]
“the Passionist Order . . . to establish a house in this colony. With that end in view the well-known property, ‘The Glen’, situated at Glen Osmond, the residence of the late Mr. Justice Boothby, has been purchased. The block consists of twelve acres, and is beautifully situated.” [Adelaide Observer 9 Nov 1895]
“at this time a beautiful property, known as ‘The Glen’, Glen Osmond, the residence of Judge Boothby, was offered for sale, the price asked being £2,500. As both the Archbishop and the Fathers considered the site most suitable in every way for a Passionist Retreat, it was purchased. His Grace contributing out of his slender means the princely sum of £1,000 towards the required amount. On January 10, 1896, the Passionists took possession of their new home.” [Southern Cross 19 Oct 1934]
“Rev. Father Hillary, on behalf of the order of Passionists, will take possession of ‘The Glen’, the residence of the late Mr. Justice Boothby at Glen Osmond, which will in future be used as the community's monastery. In a few days the lay brothers of the order will arrive, and the cultivation of the grounds will be immediately proceeded with.” [Advertiser 11 Jan 1896]
“One of the principal rooms of the monastery serves as a temporary chapel . . . the blessing of a large oilpainting representing St. Paul of the Cross, the founder of the Passionist Order. The picture is the gift of the Father-General of the Order in Rome, and it was brought out by Fathers John and Frederick, who arrived from England recently.” [Express & Telegraph 19 Jan 1897]
“The buildings were generally in a dilapidated condition and although some repairs were undertaken shortly after occupation, in order that the place might be habitable.” [Advertiser 1 Oct 1900]
“Monastery . . . having been built probably three or four decades, is not up to modern requirements, and was in a state of disrepair when the fathers first entered. The additions have been made sooner than anticipated, as the rear portion of the edifice had become so unsafe that its demolition was urgently advised. . . The additions consist of a staircase, hall, and corridors on the ground floor, with refectory 30 x 18 x 14 ft. high, lit with large triple windows. . . A spacious open promenade partially protected with verandah is provided for the private use of the inhabitants of the monastery for study or recreation purposes.” [Southern Cross 5 Oct 1900]
“St. Paul's Retreat, Glen Osmond, better known as the old Monastery. . . In 1840 the locality was under cultivation. It was owned by the late Mr. Arthur Hardy, who many years cultivated vines. . . In 1847 Mr. Joseph Barrow Montefiore bought 16 acres of land from Mr. Hardy and named this estate The Glen. The new owner built the house in Oriental design, and planted the grounds with trees and plants. . . In 1853 Mr. John Stephen Boldero, a retired Indian judge, bought and occupied the house. The new owner added to the beauty of the mansion, and lived there until 1855, when the late Mr. Justice Boothby, one of South Australia's earliest judges, took over the estate. . . In 1896 the Passionist Fathers took possession of The Glen from Miss Boothby, a sister of the late judge. From that day the mansion has been a monastery, and is known as St. Paul's Retreat, named after the founder of the Order. . . The judge's bedroom and a drawing room were converted into a little chapel. . . The building is now dilapidated. . . as soon as sufficient accommodation is available in the new building the old monastery will be demolished. The new building will take the form of a church and monastery adjoined, and will form three sides of a square.” [The Mail 26 Aug 1926]
THE ORIGINAL HOUSE
“the beautiful parks of Glen Osmond. . . Among other Park residences nearer that which is the Glen, we observed an elegant mansion nearly completed, the property of J. B. Montefiore, Esq.” [Adelaide Observer 18 Aug 1849]
“To be Let or Sold, that splendid Property situate at Glen Osmond, well-known as THE GLEN, late in the occupation of J. B. Montefiore, Esq. The mansion contains in all twenty-four rooms fitted up in the best style with every convenience, and has a beautiful Garden and excellent out-buildings attached. The extent of first-rate land comprises about thirty-four acres, on which there is also a separate and smaller House. The whole Estate commands a view of the Gulf, is most desirable for the healthiness and convenience of the locality.” [Register 18 Jun 1852]
“instructions from J. S. Boldero, Esq., to sell, at his residence. THE GLEN, All his magnificent Drawing-Room, Dining Room, and Bed-Room Furniture and Effects.” [Register 11 Jul 1854]
“instructed by Miss Boothby, the Executrix of the late George Boothby, to sell by auction . . . The Glen, being the former and well-known residence of the late Mr. Justice Boothby, acquired by him in 1855. This is a beautiful Property, comprising about 31 Acres of rich land, and an excellent House of about Twenty Rooms, with very broad Verandah and Balcony on three sides. There is a good Garden and Orchard, including orange and lemon trees and cultivation paddock. Stabling, Coachhouse, Gardener's residence.” [Register 21 Feb 1895]
October 2019
St Barnabas' Monastery and Museum, Famagusta, Cyprus
Saint Barnabas Monastery & Museum
The Monastery of St. Barnabas is at the opposite side of the Salamis-Famagusta road, by the Royal Tombs. You can easily tell it by its two fairly large domes. It was built to commemorate the foremost saint of Cyprus, whose life was so intertwined with the spread of the Christian message in the years immediately following the death of Christ.
Barnabas was a native of the ancient city Salamis, and was a Jew, though his family had been settled for some time in Cyprus. His real name was in fact Joses, or Joseph; Barnabas was the name given to him by the early Christian apostles because he was recognised as `a son of Prophecy', or as Luke puts it `a son of consolation'. There is no contradiction here. Luke is merely emphasising that one of the great historic functions of prophecy was to console the believer and keep him in the faith.
He was reputed to be an inspired teacher of Christianity, but more than that he played a very great role in the development of early Christianity. He was also the man to acknowledge that Paul's conversion to Christianity was absolutely sincere, and above all he recognised the genius of Paul, whom he introduced to the Christian fellowship in Jerusalem. When Barnabas was later sent to Antioch to supervise the work of the early Church there, he had Paul as his assistant. Later still, of course, he undertook his great missionary journey with Paul, visiting among other places, his own country of Cyprus.
Finally, of course, we know certainly that Paul and Barnabas had a strong diffrence of opinion about Barnabas' nephew, John Mark, and the two friends parted company. Paul wrote later that the rift was healed but by that time Barnabas was probably already back in Cyprus.
The monastery which bears Barnabas' name was originally built in the last part of the fifth century, to commemorate the discovery of his body, and the dignity and the seniority it brought to the early Christian Church of Cyprus. Parts of the early building have been preserved in the more recent churh which was built by Archbishop Philotheos in 1756. The money for the purchase of the land on which the monastery was built, is supposed to have been provided by the Byzantine Emperor at the time Barnabas' body was found.
When you look carefully at the church you will notice the traces of the original fifth century building and also places it seems to have been enlarged and changed, probably in the very late mediaeval period. But in the main it is fairly conventional Greek Orthodox architecture of the eighteen century.
On one of the walls, the story of how Barnabas' body was shown to the Archbishop in a dream, is rendered in small pictures. These were done in the present century, but some of the icons and statues are a good deal older.
On another wall, somewhat incongruously, hang wax replicas of limbs in a gesture of gratitude for the ailing limbs which the Apostle Barnabas is supposed to have miraculously cured. Close by, the image of st. Heraklion stares at you from every angle you choose. All these items, ancient and modern have been very well looked after and are shown with great oride by the curator of the church.
The marble columns supporting the domes are conspicuous and rather spectacular. It is impossible to be certain, but these may well have come from Salamis. In one sense, the little rock tomb in which Barnabas is supposed to have been found gives the authentic flavour of the Christian evangelist and martyr much more effectively.
The church of St Barnabas is exactly as it was when its last three monks left it in 1976. The church apparatus ; pulpits, wooden lectern, and pews are still in place. It houses a rich collection of painted and gilt icons mostly dating from the 18th century.
The carved blocks and capital blocks in the garden and cloister courtyard come from Salamis. The black basalt grinding mill come from Enkomi.
The cloister of the monastery have recently been restored and at present serve as the archaeological museum. This section houses an exquisite collection of ancient pottery displayed chronologically, representing the changes in morphology and decoration of pottery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Roman times. The rest of the collection covers bronze and marble art objects.
The Lepavina Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Presentation of Mary and located in Croatia. Established in 1550.
Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of Armenia.
The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as "this one is older than that one", presumably representing a claim to having an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery. The two villages and their monasteries are similar in many ways, and lie in plain view of each other on a dissected plateau formation, separated by a deep "crack" formed by a small river flowing into the Debed river.
The complex belongs to the Armenian Apostolic Church with numerous khachkars (stones with elaborate engravings representing a cross) and bishop gravesites scattered throughout it.
Wall paintings inside the Monastery of Pantanassa. Scenes of Martyrdom. Cyriacus and Theodore(?) 15th century.
Mystra, Greece.
Lhasa - Tibet Autonomous Region - Tibetan Plateau - China - Tibet
Nechung Monastery - Gelukpa
It is about 10 minutes walk down from Drepung Monastery, and was the residence of the three-headed, six-armed Pehar, the chief protector of the Gelugs (Yellow Hat sect) and the seat of the State Oracle or Nechung Oracle. It is medium-sized temple which used to house about a hundred monks
a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near the city of Novi Pazar. It's on the UNESCO World Heritage List from 1979, currently is undergoing reconstruction and renovation.
Capriana Monastery - Moldova
Căpriana monastery is a monastery in Căpriana, Moldova, located 40 km north-west of Chişinău.
One of the oldest monasteries of Moldova, Căpriana is located 40 km (25 mi) to the north-west of the country's capital Chișinău in a picturesque forested area once called Codrii Lăpușnei.
The first significant reference dates from a document issued in 1429 that gave Căpriana the status of royal monastery on behalf of Alexander the Good. In this deed the holy abode was referred to as "mănăstirea de la Vâșnovăț unde este egumen Chiprian" (the monastery of Vâșnovăț where the hegumen is Chiprian) and was given in the possession of Alexander's wife - princess Marena.
Calaraseuca Monastery - Moldova
Decorations in the Chapel
insideCalaraseuca 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.
October 2019
St Barnabas' Monastery and Museum, Famagusta, Cyprus
Saint Barnabas Monastery & Museum
The Monastery of St. Barnabas is at the opposite side of the Salamis-Famagusta road, by the Royal Tombs. You can easily tell it by its two fairly large domes. It was built to commemorate the foremost saint of Cyprus, whose life was so intertwined with the spread of the Christian message in the years immediately following the death of Christ.
Barnabas was a native of the ancient city Salamis, and was a Jew, though his family had been settled for some time in Cyprus. His real name was in fact Joses, or Joseph; Barnabas was the name given to him by the early Christian apostles because he was recognised as `a son of Prophecy', or as Luke puts it `a son of consolation'. There is no contradiction here. Luke is merely emphasising that one of the great historic functions of prophecy was to console the believer and keep him in the faith.
He was reputed to be an inspired teacher of Christianity, but more than that he played a very great role in the development of early Christianity. He was also the man to acknowledge that Paul's conversion to Christianity was absolutely sincere, and above all he recognised the genius of Paul, whom he introduced to the Christian fellowship in Jerusalem. When Barnabas was later sent to Antioch to supervise the work of the early Church there, he had Paul as his assistant. Later still, of course, he undertook his great missionary journey with Paul, visiting among other places, his own country of Cyprus.
Finally, of course, we know certainly that Paul and Barnabas had a strong diffrence of opinion about Barnabas' nephew, John Mark, and the two friends parted company. Paul wrote later that the rift was healed but by that time Barnabas was probably already back in Cyprus.
The monastery which bears Barnabas' name was originally built in the last part of the fifth century, to commemorate the discovery of his body, and the dignity and the seniority it brought to the early Christian Church of Cyprus. Parts of the early building have been preserved in the more recent churh which was built by Archbishop Philotheos in 1756. The money for the purchase of the land on which the monastery was built, is supposed to have been provided by the Byzantine Emperor at the time Barnabas' body was found.
When you look carefully at the church you will notice the traces of the original fifth century building and also places it seems to have been enlarged and changed, probably in the very late mediaeval period. But in the main it is fairly conventional Greek Orthodox architecture of the eighteen century.
On one of the walls, the story of how Barnabas' body was shown to the Archbishop in a dream, is rendered in small pictures. These were done in the present century, but some of the icons and statues are a good deal older.
On another wall, somewhat incongruously, hang wax replicas of limbs in a gesture of gratitude for the ailing limbs which the Apostle Barnabas is supposed to have miraculously cured. Close by, the image of st. Heraklion stares at you from every angle you choose. All these items, ancient and modern have been very well looked after and are shown with great oride by the curator of the church.
The marble columns supporting the domes are conspicuous and rather spectacular. It is impossible to be certain, but these may well have come from Salamis. In one sense, the little rock tomb in which Barnabas is supposed to have been found gives the authentic flavour of the Christian evangelist and martyr much more effectively.
The church of St Barnabas is exactly as it was when its last three monks left it in 1976. The church apparatus ; pulpits, wooden lectern, and pews are still in place. It houses a rich collection of painted and gilt icons mostly dating from the 18th century.
The carved blocks and capital blocks in the garden and cloister courtyard come from Salamis. The black basalt grinding mill come from Enkomi.
The cloister of the monastery have recently been restored and at present serve as the archaeological museum. This section houses an exquisite collection of ancient pottery displayed chronologically, representing the changes in morphology and decoration of pottery in Cyprus from the Neolithic to the Roman times. The rest of the collection covers bronze and marble art objects.
the namchi monastery, actually known as the decchen choyling gumpa is located at ahaley...a small area within the namchi town, just beyond the baichung bhutia stadium...the monastery complex is lovely and quite charming with gold wall imprints of the various bodhisatvas (visible on the left hand side of the pic, near the other gumpa)
this should be one of the other major attractions of the namchi town, but it barely gets written about because most of the hype and traffic is directed to the sandruptse statue
Monastery with fortress-style walls, built in 11th century, with an on-site vineyard for winemaking. Kakheti region. Georgia.
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