View allAll Photos Tagged monastery
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second biggest monastery. It is located opposite of the Great Meteoro Monastery and it was founded in the mid-14th Century by the exercitant Hosios Varlaam. This is the monastery where you can visit the tower of the old preserved net, used by the first monks for their ascent and descent from the rock, until it was "God’s will to have it replaced". It can now be reached by a stone staircase up the rock.
"Perpetual Peace" monastery, a complex of buildings mostly dating from the 18th century, ignoring the copious polycarbonate and plastic sheeting that improves the monks' winter comfort.
The tower of the old Franciscan monastery in Roundstone, Connemara. Within the monastery walls you'll find a music craft shop and the workshop of Mallachy Kearns - who makes bodhrans.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Komic monastery, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh
As it was cloudy, I tried a few black & white shots, just for fun. This is one of them.
Snagov, Romania.
On a tiny island in a lake just outside of Bucharest stands Snagov Monastery which, according to local tradition,Vlad the Impaler is buried. Vald Tepes is the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Originally founded in the 14th century and later excavated in 1933, the monastery is a simple and typical Orthodox church with many historic frescoes of bible stories and local history (mome of Vlad). Supposedly after his notoriously cruel lifetime, Vlad Tepes III was buried in the church as per his request prior to his death.
from southern Indiana, Brother Guy (later Father Ray) was my introduction to mission work with the Dakota Indians at this, one of Blue Cloud's many Indian missions, summer 1974
Kodachrome in Yashica Electro 35 GSN
The outer walls of the 16th-century Erdene Zuu Monastery, the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. It was built using stones from the ruins of the adjacent city of Kharakhorum, the 13th-century capital of the Mongol Empire that was built by the son of Genghis Khan.
The monastery has preserved the tower with the old pully system where you can see the net, used by the first monks to bring up people and provisions.
Kintsvisi Monastery (Georgian: ყინწვისი, Qinc'visi) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley.
The Kintsvisi Monastery complex consists of three churches, of uncertain origin. The central (main) central church dedicated to St Nicholas is thought to date to the early 13th century, in what is generally regarded as a "golden age" of the Georgian monarchy. A very small chapel standing next to it is dedicated to St George, and dates from around the same time.
The oldest church, dedicated to St Mary dates from the 10-11th centuries, but is mostly in ruins.
The site is currently listed by the World Monuments Fund as a field project.
North Bohemian cistercian monastery founded in late 12th Century. It survived many burnings and plunders through the centuries, was expanded and modernized in baroque style, and was used by monks until 2008. Today it´s entrusted to the local catholic diocese, and the monks can return any time they want. The complex is an important cultural and architectonic monument supported by the state, with impressive baroque interiors, in 2014 the old monastery brewery was renewed and produces beer due to the old monk traditions.
Sera Monastery, Tibet
Located near Lhasa.
Founded 1419. Famous for debating monks. Families are visiting Sera to get blessing for their children. Child gets blessing black mark on the nose.
A door at the basillica San Miniato al Monde. A church in the care of the friars from the Olivetans since 1373.
The Alahan Monastery, Koja Kalessi, is a one hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.
The Christian monastery at Alahan is located in the mountains of Isauria in Southern Asia Minor near Mut on the road between Karaman and Silifke. Residing at an altitude of 4,000ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley. Construction started during the second half of the fifth century under Emperor Leo I and was finished by Emperor Zeno, yet by the seventh century it was abandoned. Its remains include two churches, one (The East Church) is extremely well preserved, a baptistery, a colonnaded runway running the full length of the site, and a couple of subsidiary buildings, plus some old caves and graves. The complex may be funded by Emperor Zeno (474-491), who was from the region. The buildings stretches along the side of the mountain and covers an area of 30x200 meters. It is quite possible that the monastery official, and monks lived in the houses surrounding the complex. The monastery stands as the finest achievement of native Isaurian stonemasons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture, half a century before the great achievements of Anicia Juliana and Justinian in Constantinople.
In 2012, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Mersin Governorship started restoration work on the site because of its history and heritage.