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Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai. The monastery is controlled by the autonomous Church of Sinai, part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Built between 548 and 565, the monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world. The site contains the world's oldest continually operating library, preserving the second largest collection of early codices and manuscripts in the world, outnumbered only by the Vatican Library. It contains Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, Hebrew, Georgian, Aramaic and Caucasian Albanian texts.
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monastery near Huè, Thinh brought us where he studied when he was a child, he still go there every night to teach gong-fu
When i shot this all the monks were praying in the pagoda except for these two latecomers
Greyfriars Abbey was a Franciscan friary founded before 1277. The original site was threatened with coastal erosion and moved inland in 1289.
In 1535 King Henry VIII started the process known as the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and many of the buildings are believed to have been destroyed. Modern remains consist of a precinct wall, two gatehouses, and some two storey walls believed to be the remains of a cloister building, possibly a refectory or infirmary.
A restoration project was undertaken in 2012 by English Heritage and Suffolk County Council. The management of the site was taken over by a local voluntary group the Dunwich Greyfriars Trust in October 2013.
this weekend i went to the recently vacated monastery that was home to a group of carmelite nuns on the island. it is located in the very picturesque and sleepy village of malojloj, next to san isidro church. as the cloistered carmelites have taken a vow of silence, much of the monastery was rarely seen or described by anyone. the diocese says it has fallen in a state of disrepair, but outside of some electrical work and maybe some air conditioning, i rather like its 1960s simplicity and austerity.
Hosios Loukas is an historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The monastery of Hosios Loukas is situated at a scenic site on the slopes of Mount Helicon. It was founded in the early 10th century by the hermit, Venerable St. Luke, whose relics are kept in the monastery to this day. The hermit (not the Evangelist of the Gospel of Saint Luke, but a hermit who died on 7 February 953) was famous for having predicted the conquest of Crete by Emperor Romanos. The main shrine of the monastery is the tomb of St. Luke, originally situated in the vault, but later placed at the juncture of the two churches.
Hosios Loukas is the largest of three monasteries surviving from the Middle Byzantine period in Greece. The Katholikon contains the best preserved complex of mosaics from the period of the Macedonian Renaissance.
Mosaic at the Hâncu monastery - Moldova
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The Hâncu Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Hâncu) is a monastery in Bursuc, Moldova. The monastery was founded in 1678.
I have been here many times, but this time was really special in October 2010. Unfortunately visitors are not allowed to take photos inside anymore. The ceiling inside is so ornate and beautiful.
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated. It is a territorial abbacy and not part of a diocese.
Preparing food for hundreds of monks at Mahagandayan monastery at Amarapura, south of Mandalay.
26 November 2012
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Germany 2017 - Maulbronn Monastery (German: Kloster Maulbronn) is a former Roman Catholic Cistercian Abbey and Protestant seminary located at Maulbronn in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.[2] The 850 year old, mostly Romanesque monastery complex, one of the best preserved examples of its kind in Europe,[3] is one of the very first buildings in Germany to use the Gothic style.[4] In 1993, the abbey was declared a UNESCO World Heritage The complex, surrounded by turreted walls and a tower gate, today houses the Maulbronn
Under the auspices of the abbot Bernard of Clairvaux, the Cistercians began major expansion into southern Germany. A knight named Walter von Lomersheim became very enthused in the spread of this order of monks and donated a stretch of land between to the Cistercian order. So it was that, in 1147, the monastery was founded by 12 monks who traveled from Alsace.[2] The main church, built in a style transitional from Romanesque to Gothic, was consecrated in 1178 by Arnold, Bishop of Speyer. A number of other buildings — infirmary, refectory, cellar, auditorium, porch, south cloister, hall, another refectory, forge, inn, cooperage, mill, and chapel — followed in the course of the 13th century. The west, east and north cloisters date back to the 14th century, as do most fortifications and the fountain house or lavatorium.
After the Reformation began in the year 1517, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, seized the monastery in 1504,[dubious – discuss] later building his hunting lodge and stables there. The monastery was pillaged repeatedly: first by the knights under Franz von Sickingen in 1519, then again during the German Peasants' War six years later. In 1534, Duke Ulrich secularised the monastery, but the Cistercians regained control — and Imperial recognition — under Charles V's Augsburg Interim. In 1556, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, built a Protestant seminary, with Valentin Vannius becoming the first abbot two years later, odd, because the Reformation banned religious orders and abbots; Johannes Kepler studied there 1586–89.
In 1630, the abbey was returned to the Cistercians by force of arms, with Christoph Schaller von Sennheim becoming abbot. This restoration was short-lived, however, as Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden forced the monks to leave again two years later, with a Protestant abbot returning in 1633; the seminary reopened the following year, however the Cistercians under Schaller also returned in 1634. Under the Peace of Westphalia, in 1648, the confession of the monastery was settled in favour of Protestantism; with abbot Buchinger withdrawing in process. A Protestant abbacy was re-established in 1651, with the seminary reopening five years later. In 1692, the seminarians were removed to safety when Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac, torched the school, which remained closed for a decade.
The monastery was secularised by Frederick I, King of Württemberg, in the course of the German Mediatisation in 1807, forever removing its political quasi-independence; the seminary merged with that of Bebenhausen the following year, now known as the Evangelical Seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren.
The monastery, which features prominently in Hermann Hesse's novel Beneath the Wheel, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1993. The justification for the inscription was as follows: "The Maulbronn complex is the most complete survival of a Cistercian monastic establishment in Europe, in particular because of the survival of its extensive water-management system of reservoirs and channels". Hesse himself attended the seminary before fleeing in 1891 after a suicide attempt, and a failed attempt to save Hesse from his personal religious crisis by a well-known theologian and faith healer.[6]
To represent Baden-Württemberg, an image of the Abbey appears on the obverse of the German 2013 €2 commemorative coin.
Hâncu monastery - Moldova
The Hâncu Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Hâncu) is a monastery in Bursuc, Moldova. The monastery was founded in 1678.
Sevan Monastery or Sevanavanq is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. According to an inscription in one of the churches, the monastery of Sevanavank was founded in the year 874 by Princess Mariam, the daughter of Ashot I Bagratuni.
Virtual tour to Sevan monastery www.mailonmap.com/imt_file/virtual_tur/sevan/
inside the old monastery of Rumtek...which is about fifteen minutes away from the famous Dharma Chakra centre.
the monastery was almost destroyed by a fire and had to be re-built...not the only monastery in Sikkim to experience that, many others have suffered the same fate...
the location is lovely, it's quiet and serene and not as overcrowded with security or tourists...do not miss out on the old monastery if you go to rumtek.
the lama in the picture on the right hand side was the 16th Karmapa, the supreme head of the Kagyupa sect. He was responsible for building the Dharma Chakra Centre and his remains lie in the golden stupa over there...
We took a day trip deep into the Wicklow Mountains to Glendalough. The monastery here was founded in Glendalough in 498 by St. Kevin. The Round Tower visible in the background was built almost 1,000 years ago by the monks of St. Kevin’s monastery. The tower is 110 ft. in height. Ireland is known for its natural beauty, and it was easy to understand after spending time there why the monks would have chosen this site to worship God and all of his creation.
These photos are part of my 2000 Study Abroad set.
a grandiose kitchen started in middle age, then it burned and re-buit in the 17th century. The chimney is from the middle ages. The whole kitchen is covered with ceramic tiles covered with ceramic tiles shimmering in the large windows light.
Suite du Road Trip en Belgique, avec un passage rapide au Pays Bas.
Cette fois ci, visite d'un ancien monastére avec sa chapelle !
esprit es tu là ? brr..
Tashilunpo Monastery was founded in 1447 and is the largest Yellow Hat sect monastery in Tibet. Shigaste is Tibet’s 2nd most important city and Tashilunpo was the seat of the Panchen Lamas.
Unfinished Chaple - Batalha Monastery, Portugal - literally the Monastery of the Battle, is a Dominican convent in the civil parish of Batalha, in the district of Leiria.
According to tradition, the Arkadi Monastery was built in the 5th century by the Byzantine Emperor Arcadius. However, scholars believe that it was founded by a monk of the same name. The two-aisled basilica was built in 1587 during the Venetian rule over Crete and is the reconstruction of an earlier church. The monastery experienced its spiritual and cultural heyday until the 17th century. After Crete was completely conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1669 the monastery was plundered. After persuading the Pasha the monks obtained permission to return to Arkadi. The monastery was renovated and rebuilt.
After part of present-day Greece was granted independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830, resistance to the Ottoman rule intensified on Crete. In 1866, a revolutionary committee was formed at the Arkadi Monastery. Gabriel Marinakis, Abbot of Arkadi, was elected chairman of the committee responsible for the Rethymno region. In September 1866, General Panos Koronaios, sent from the Greek mainland, was appointed military commander of the uprising. Koronaios judged the monastery indefensible, but was unable to prevail with this view against the majority of the revolutionary committee. The general then left the monastery with his men.
On the night of November 7-8, 1866, an Ottoman army of 15,000 men attacked the monastery, which housed 964 people, including 325 fit men. After two days of hopeless resistance, the besieged decided they did not want to fall into the enemy's hands alive. When the fighting moved to the monastery's inner courtyard on November 9, most of the survivors, including women and children, retreated to the powder magazine, which was blown up by one of the fighters. The violent explosion killed everyone inside except for one surviving girl, as well as dozens of invading Turkish soldiers. It is said that 1,500 attackers died during the siege of Arkadi Monastery.
The Ottomans considered the capture of Arkadi a great victory. However, the events in Arkadi provoked outrage in the rest of the world. The tragedy changed world opinion about the conflict. Victor Hugo and Giuseppe Garibaldi, among others, assured the Cretans of their solidarity. But Crete did not gain de facto independence until 1897, and it was united with Greece in 1913.
Arkadi Monastery is the most important national monument on the island.
The ruins of the powder room
Monastery is an Orthodox Christian monastery for women of the Church of Romania. It is the largest & also the last built of the painted monasteries of Bucovina. It was built in 1581 by the Bishop of Rădăuţi, Gheorghe Movila. Frescoes are the work of 2 master painters, Ioan and his brother Sofronie from Suceava.