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Situated at the foot of Mount Gephel, Drepung Monastery is one of the great three Geluka university monasteries in Tibet. It is the largest monastery among all the monasteries in Tibet. The monastery on the Gambo Utse Mountain is about five kilometers from the west Lhasa. Taking an area of about 200,000 square meters, the monastery was built in 1416. And in 1464, monk units were constructed for teaching Buddhist scripture. It houses over 7,000 monks at its best time.
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Oddly there was no thunder and lightning as I stepping into the monastery at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit.
The Cocos Monastery near Niculitel, Jud. Tulcea, Romania. This monastery houses the bones of four Christian martyrs (Zotikos, Attalos, Kamasis and Phillipos), the oldest found in Europe.
The monastery dates back over 1400 years to the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, most of what you see today are reconstructions made during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) Dynasties.
The caves behind the pavilions contain religious statues. One cave room has the statues of Buddha, Confucius and Laotsu comfortably sitting side by side.
The pavilions are constructed almost entirely of wood (except for the decorative multi-hued roof tiles). Narrow, thin railed skyways connect the pavilions.
The pavilions "hang" partially because long timber poles support them from underneath (see photo). However, the greatest structural support comes from unseen rock ledges upon which parts of the pavilions sit - and from the cantilevered wooden beams deeply imbedded into the cliff.
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Benediktinerkloster Erzabtei St. Martin, Beuron im Donautal.
Benedictine monastery archabbey St. Martin, Beuron in Danube valley.
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The three-dome entrance of Saint John's monastery on the castle of Koroni.
(Koroni, Peloponnese / Greece)
Novotorzhsky Borisoglebsky Monastery is one of the oldest Russian Orthodox monasteries. It was founded by St. Ephraim during the reign of the Grand Duke of Kiev Yaroslav I Vladimirovich in 1038, almost at the same time as the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The monastery belongs to the most ancient monasteries and is considered the third monastery since their appearance in Russia. The name of the monastery originated from the names of two princes, the first saints in Russia — Boris and Gleb, in whose honor the first temple was founded.
Новоторжский Борисоглебский мужской монастырь — один из древнейших Российских православных монастырей. Основан преподобным Ефремом в княжение великого князя Киевского Ярослава I Владимировича в 1038 году, почти в одно время с Киево-Печерской лаврой. Монастырь принадлежит к числу древнейших обителей и считается третьим монастырём со времени их появления в России. Название обители возникло от имён двух князей, первых святых на Руси — Бориса и Глеба, в честь которых был заложен первый храм.
Cernica Monastery is located near the town of Pantelimon, in Ilfov County.
It was founded in 1608 by the nobleman Cernica Știrbei.
The monastery sits on the shore of Lake Cernica, offering a picturesque landscape and a serene atmosphere for prayer and reflection.
Cernica Monastery, established in 1608 during the reign of Radu Șerban, was founded by Cernica Știrbei, the great vornic of Michael the Brave, and his wife, Chiajna.
This monastic complex has been a significant center of monastic education.
Within the monastery grounds, three churches and three chapels have been constructed.
The main church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, suffered damage during the 1802 earthquake and was repaired between 1809 and 1815 by Archimandrite Timotei.
A major restoration was undertaken in 1925 following another earthquake in 1838 that caused the collapse of a turret, and a fire in 1923.[2]
The church dedicated to Saint George was originally built in the 18th century by Dan Brașoveanu.
It was completely rebuilt between 1962 and 1964, and further consolidated after the damages from the large Vrancea earthquake of March 1977.
In 1804, Archimandrite George constructed the small, beautiful Church of Saint Lazarus within the monastery's cemetery.
The three chapels of the monastery are "The Dormition of the Mother of God," built in 1790, "Saint John," constructed in 1842, and "The Entrance into the Church."
Between 1900 and 1904, the poet Tudor Arghezi was a monk at Cernica Monastery.
The cemetery of Cernica Monastery is the final resting place of many Romanian personalities, including painter Ion Țuculescu, Metropolitan Nifon, theologian Saint Dumitru Stăniloae, writer Gala Galaction, orientalist Athanase Negoiță, sociologist Ernest Bernea, pianist Johnny Răducanu, singer Zavaidoc, actress Stela Popescu, director Geo Saizescu, translator Stelian Gruia, academician Emilian Popescu, broadcaster Marioara Murărescu, and politician Pan Halippa.
The church is built in Neoclassical with Romanian decorative elements.
The architecture of the monastery features monumental churches with trilobed plans, lateral apses, and prominent domes.
Structures like the Church of Saint Nicholas and the Church of Saint George are built with strong masonry columns that support the vaults of the nave and narthex, highlighting a traditional ecclesiastical architectural style.
The Church of Saint Lazarus, located in the monastery's cemetery, is notable for its rich external decorations.
It exemplifies the traditional monastic architectural style that combines functionality with spiritual aesthetics, characteristic of Orthodox Christian architecture.
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River ("Rila River") at an elevation of 1,147 m above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila (876 - 946 AD), and houses around 60 monks.
Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe.
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.