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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.
Surrounded by pine forest, the monastery of Panagia Kalopetra was built in 1782 on a mountain slope above the Valley of the Butterflies (Petaloudes). It was founded by Alexander Ypsilantis during his exiles in Rhodes. Ypsilantis was a Greek prince, ruler of Wallachia and Moldavia, engaged in various wars against the Ottomans. His grandson was the leader of the Filiki Eteria that began the Greek Revolution in 1821.
There are two contrasting stories involving the founding of this small monastery. One, the most plausible, relates that Ypsilantis brought his daughter to the area to cure her of tuberculosis, as the water that sprung from a rock on the mountain was considered to be therapeutic. In gratitude, he founded this small monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary, giving it the name of Kalopetra which in Greek means 'good stone'.
According to the other story the prince built the monastery after having survived a terrible storm at sea with his two children. This version says that Ypsilantis saw a divine light emanating from the area of Kalopetra that helped their ship reach land safely.
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.
Shwenandaw Monastery @ Mandalay, Burma.
It was built by King Mindon in the 19th century. It is known for its teak carvings of Buddhist myths, which adorn its walls and roofs. The monastery is built in the traditional Burmese architectural style. King Mindon Min died on this building. King Thibaw Min, son of King Mindon moved this building from the palace to its current location. Shwenandaw Monastery is the single remaining major structure of the original wooden Royal Palace today.
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Monks leaving one of the colleges of Buddhist philosophy next to the Migjid Janraisig Sum.
The Gandantegchinlen Khiid (the Gandan Monastery) is Mongolia's largest and most important monastery. According to 'Lonely Planet' the name translates roughly to "the great place of complete joy". It survived the violent purges of 1937 which laid waste to Mongolia's monasteries, and now houses over 500 monks.
Now a part of The Clare Estate, an assisted living facility on Crosswicks Street in Bordentown NJ.
Photo: Janice Bernath
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Jirjis is a historic Antiochian Orthodox monastery located in northwestern Syria's "Valley of the Christians" (Wadi al-Nasara) in the town of Meshtaye, a village belonging to the Hims Governorate, just a few kilometers north of the famous castle Krak des Chevaliers.
This beautiful monastery was built in the 17th century. In 1880 is was used as an children’s asylum and was only used to treat girls. Around 1920 St. Anna was used to treat mentally ill people and currently it is abandoned and left with only memories…
There are a lot of stories going around that children have been abused in there. A lot of things happened behind these walls…
These pictures were taken in 2010.
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Franciscan Monastery in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The monastery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The main building is covered with scaffolding, so I'll have to go back and reshoot when the remodeling process is completed.
DCist photo of the day on October 20, 2008. Thanks DCist!
Agapia Monastery
The history of this monastery starts with the old settlement - Agapia din Deal (Agapia from the hill) - founded probably, by Petru Rares and his wife Elena, between 1527-1538 or 1541-1546. The high place, hardly accessible, were Agapia din Deal is located, makes that at the beginning of the 17th century all the annexes to be moved on the place that it is today at Agapia din Vale (from the valley). Ruined and again built, burned and remade again, Agapia din Deal become a very charming hermitage. On the place of the church, built at the begining of the 17th century, hetman Gavriil, the brother of Vasile Lupu (Moldavian ruler), and his wife Liliana, raise at Agapia din Vale, in 1642, the Agapia Monastery.
Agapia, attacked and robed many times, was restored radically during 1858-1862. Is a period in which the great painter Nicolae Grigorescu makes here some masterpieces. The painting of the great maestro, that had not suffer much in the fire from 1903, are an important treasure of the monastery.
The monastery has a museum with an important collection of objects having great historical and artistic value. There old icons from XVI-XVII and XVIII centuries or signed by N. Grigorescu, textures and embroideries, crosses, other religious objects etc. There are also old manuscripts, carpets in Moldavian style made in the monastery workshops.
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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.
Having accidentally gate crashed the inauguration ceremony of the new Vice Chancellor, the monks at Tango Monastery invited me in for much needed tea and the ceremonial dinner in the monastery 'canteen'.
Entrance to the Byzantine Greek Monastery of the Theotokos of the Life-Giving Spring. Sierra Foothills, California. Sequoiah National Park is behind the church & at higher
altitude.
In the last couple of years I've had a number of friends visit the country of Georgia. They'd come back and the comments were always the same - it's amazing, the people are lovely, the nature is stunning, the prices are wonderful And yet, every time I searched for images, even on NatGeo and other outlets, I only saw the same three or four locations photographed. So, with a head full of misconceptions and a certain amount of trepidation II set out to drive and wander western Georgia free-form, with no set agenda, and only a hope I'd make it to the Svaneti region and ultimately the remote village of Ushguli. What met me was a country full of warm people, incredible nature, spectacular autumn colors, gorgeous mountains, rich history and so much more.
Photos were taken during a 10 day road trip with a four wheel drive vehicle.
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The Founder's Chapel of the Monastery of Batalha is the Royal Pantheon for King João I, his English wife Philippa of Lancaster, and their sons, including Prince Henry the Navigator.
Batalha, Portugal.
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Thiksey Monastery, located about 19 kilometers from Leh, is one of the largest and most architecturally impressive monasteries in Ladakh. It was founded in the mid-15th century by Palden Sherab, a disciple of the renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher Je Tsongkhapa, who established the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery is modeled after the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, and is often referred to as a mini Potala due to its striking resemblance. Perched on a hilltop, it offers panoramic views of the Indus Valley and houses a stunning 15-meter statue of Maitreya Buddha, which was built to commemorate the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama in 1970. The monastery also serves as an important cultural and spiritual center, with numerous stupas, wall paintings, and a vast collection of ancient scriptures. Thiksey continues to be a vibrant hub of monastic life, hosting an annual Gustor Festival (held annually, usually in the 9th month of the Tibetan calendar, which typically falls around October or November) that attracts pilgrims and tourists alike.
Thiksey Monastery, Leh
August 2024
Excursion from Lyon to Eveux, France, on September 20, 2022 for a photo tour at the Monastery Sainte-Marie de a Tourette, designed in 1959 by the French architect Le Corbusier in the Cubist style. This monastery is the last big work of Le Corbusier and was registered in 2016 to UNESCO list the Human patrimony.
The film used was a CineStill-XX (or Kodak Eastman Double-X produced since 1959, Ref. 5222/7222 250D/200T for cinema 35 mm camera) exposed for 200 ISO with a Nikon F (year 1964-1965) and its normal lens Tokyo Kogaku Nikkor-S Auto 1:2 f=5cm fitted with a UV-protection multi-coated JYC 52mm filter and the Nikkor shade hood designed for the lens. Exposition were determined using a Minolta Autometer III with its 10° finder for selective measuring privileging the shadows.
Couvent de la Tourette, September 20, 2022
69210 Eveux
France
The film was processed using Ultrafin developer at dilution 1+20 for 12 min at 20°C. After process the film was digitalized using a Sony A7 body and a Minolta Slide Duplicator with a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5.
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.
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.
The monastery has a rich religious and cultural past spanning more than two centuries. It was founded in 1773-1775 and became one of the richest, most beautiful, and largest monasteries in Moldova.
Several churches were build on the monastery’s premises: St. Demetrius, a wooden church built in 1775 by Ioan Curchi; Naşterea Domnului, a stone church built in 1810; the winter church of St. Demetrius built in 1844; the summer church Naşterea Domnului built in 1872; and the winter church of St. Nicholas (unfinished), built in 1936-1939.
Monastery's main church, the cathedral Naşterea Domnului (1872), was built in baroque style, inspired by the church of St. Andrew in Kiev, which was designed by Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The cathedral has the highest dome in Moldova, rising to a height of 57 meters. (moldovaholiday.travel)
There's a small marina on the pier, and you can take the small ferry showing on the right to go to the island in the background.
Su construcción se inició en 1185 en la costa de sur de la provincia de Pontevedra, siendo un monasterio de la Orden del Císter. Su iglesia es del siglo XVIII. En la actualidad buena parte del monasterio está en ruinas.
Monastery of Saint Mary de Oya
Its construction began in 1185 on the south coast of the province of Pontevedra, as a monastery of the Cistercian order. It has a eighteenth century church. At present much of the monastery is in ruins.
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.