A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities... 35 KB (4,318 words) - 01:32, 4 May 2024 |
Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, IPA: [muʃˈtɐjɾu ðu(ʒ) ʒɨˈɾɔnimuʃ]) is a former monastery of the Order... 33 KB (3,813 words) - 12:45, 24 July 2023 |
Meteora (redirect from List of monasteries at Meteora) complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six (of an original twenty-four) monasteries are built on immense natural... 61 KB (5,090 words) - 13:09, 9 March 2024 |
Shaolin Monastery (少林寺; shàolínsì), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle... 54 KB (6,891 words) - 14:24, 5 May 2024 |
The Monastery: a Romance (1820) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Set in the Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve... 20 KB (2,982 words) - 02:12, 26 June 2023 |
Sumela Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παναγίας Σουμελά, Moní Panagías Soumelá; Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to Mary located... 16 KB (1,463 words) - 22:19, 17 March 2024 |
The Monastery of St. Varlaam (Greek: Μονή Βαρλαάμ) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central... 3 KB (199 words) - 23:19, 14 March 2024 |
Visoki Dečani (redirect from Dečani Monastery) The Visoki Dečani Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Високи Дечани, romanized: Manastir Visoki Dečani, Albanian: Manastiri i Deçanit) is a medieval Serbian... 30 KB (2,686 words) - 08:38, 26 April 2024 |
Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn; Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of... 45 KB (4,628 words) - 20:54, 15 April 2024 |
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its 15 feet (4... 5 KB (439 words) - 12:13, 3 January 2024 |
The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery ("Sveti Ivan Rilski" (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир „Свети Иван Рилски“), is the largest... 12 KB (1,249 words) - 21:42, 26 April 2024 |
The Ostrog Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Острог, romanized: Manastir Ostrog, pronounced [ǒstroɡ]) is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated... 6 KB (704 words) - 22:44, 18 April 2024 |
The Voroneț Monastery is a medieval monastery in the Romanian village of Voroneț, now a part of the town Gura Humorului. It is one of the famous painted... 10 KB (1,095 words) - 08:41, 6 January 2024 |
The St. Mary's Monastery (Albanian: Manastiri i Shën Mërisë), also known as the Monastery of Dormition of Theotokos Mary (Albanian: Manastiri i Fjetjes... 3 KB (108 words) - 01:11, 13 October 2023 |
The Ferapontov Monastery (Russian: Ферапонтов монастырь), in the Vologda region of Russia, is considered one of the purest examples of Russian medieval... 5 KB (414 words) - 23:50, 27 March 2024 |
The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes... 103 KB (14,388 words) - 04:16, 25 April 2024 |
Tawang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest monastery in the country. It is situated in the... 27 KB (3,329 words) - 02:06, 1 April 2024 |
The Koutloumousiou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) or Koutloumousi (Κουτλουμούσι) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount... 4 KB (231 words) - 18:15, 28 August 2022 |
Stauropegion (redirect from Stauropegic monastery) σταυροπήγιον from σταυρός stauros "cross" and πήγνυμι pegnumi "to affirm"), is a monastery or a parish which depends directly on the primate or on the Holy Synod... 10 KB (986 words) - 01:49, 27 September 2023 |
Church and Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, meaning "Monastery of St. Vincent Outside the Walls", is a 17th-century church and monastery in the city... 7 KB (732 words) - 18:59, 2 December 2023 |
Holy Cross Monastery refers to the Monastery of the Cross, Jerusalem, Israel, where tradition places the tree from which the Cross of Jesus was made.... 955 bytes (138 words) - 23:33, 5 January 2024 |
The Solovetsky Monastery (Russian: Солове́цкий монасты́рь, IPA: [səlɐˈvʲɛtskʲɪj mənɐˈstɨrʲ]) is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands... 10 KB (935 words) - 09:15, 18 September 2023 |
The Monastery of Saint Pishoy (also spelled Bishoy, Pshoi, or Bishoi) in Wadi El Natrun, Beheira Governorate, Egypt, is the most famous monastery of the... 6 KB (507 words) - 00:02, 1 May 2024 |
The Patriarchate of Peć Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Пећка патријаршија, romanized: Manastir Pećka patrijaršija, pronounced [pɛ̂ːt͡ɕkaː patrijǎ(ː)rʃija];... 25 KB (2,062 words) - 10:35, 30 April 2024 |