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A monastery is any residential religious community, regardless of the religion or gender of its residents. This means that the term is used broadly, to include monasteries, convents, abbeys, etc.
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| x Bachkovo Monastery |
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The Bachkovo Monastery (Bulgarian: Бачковски манастир, Bachkovski manastir, Georgian: პეტრიწონის მონასტერი, Petritsonis Monasteri) or Petritsoni Monastery in Bulgaria is an important monument of Christian architecture and one of the largest and...
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| x Jerónimos Monastery |
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See also Monasterio de Jerónimos, Madrid, Spain
The Hieronymites Monastery (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Portuguese pronunciation: [muʃˈtɐiɾu duʃ ʒɨˈɾɔnimuʃ]) is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal. This magnificent monastery can be...
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| x Loreto Abbey, Dalkey |
Loreto Abbey Dalkey is a Catholic secondary school for girls, under the auspices of the Sisters of Loreto. The school is owned by the Trust Board of the Sisters of Loreto. Adjoined is also Loreto Girls National School.
Loreto Abbey Dalkey opened as...
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| x Cozia Monastery |
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Cozia Monastery, erected close to Călimăneşti by Mircea cel Bătrân in 1388 and boasting his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
The appearance of the compound was modified under Neagoe...
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| x Monastery of the Cross |
The Monastery of the Cross is a monastery in the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი, Hebrew: עמק המצלבה Emek HaMatzlevah) ( 31°46'20.27"N, 35°12'30.96"E, 783m), below the...
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| x Kilmacduagh monastery |
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Kilmacduagh Monastery is found 5 km from the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It was the birthplace of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh, whose name means "church of Duagh's son". The 7th century Saint Colman, son of Duagh, established a monastery...
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| x Simonov Monastery |
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Simonov monastery (Russian: Симонов монастырь) in Moscow was established in 1370 by monk Feodor, a nephew and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh.
The monastery land formerly belonged to Simeon Khovrin, a boyar of Greek extraction and progenitor of...
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| x Trappist Haven Monastery |
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The Trappist Haven Monastery (Traditional Chinese:熙篤會神樂院 or 聖母神樂院) is a monastery at Tai Shui Hang (Chinese: 大水坑), on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is home to a number of Roman Catholic monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, or...
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| x Santa Catalina Monastery |
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The Monasterio de Santa Catalina is a cloistered convent located in Arequipa, Peru. It was built in 1580 and was enlarged in the 17th century. The over 20,000-square-meter monastery is predominantly of the Mudejar style, and is characterised by the...
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| x Epiphany Monastery |
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The Epiphany Monastery (Bogoyavlensky monastery, Богоявленский монастырь in Russian; better translated as "Theophany Monastery") is the oldest male monastery in Moscow, situated in the Kitai gorod, just one block away from the Moscow Kremlin....
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| x Sinaia Monastery |
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The Sinaia Monastery was founded by Prince Mihai Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Sinai Monastery on Mount Sinai. As of 2005 it is inhabited by 13 Christian Orthodox monks led by hegumen Macarie Bogus. It belongs to the archdiocese of...
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| x Castagniers Abbey |
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Cistercian Sisters | Roman Catholic Church |
Castagniers Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Castagniers) is a Cistercian abbey for nuns, in Castagniers, 12 km from Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes departement in southwestern France.
In 1865, Dom Marie-Bernard Barnouin, restorer of...
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| x Mileševa monastery |
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Mileševa (Serbian Cyrillic: Милешева) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near Prijepolje, in southwest Serbia. It was founded by King Vladislav, in the years between 1234 and 1236. The church has frescoes by the most skillful artists of that...
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| x Esphigmenou Monastery |
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Esphigmenou monastery (Greek: Μονή Εσφιγμένου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to the Ascension of Christ. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula. Located...
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| x Dionysiou monastery |
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Dionysiou monastery (Greek: Μονή Διονυσίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece in southwest part of Athos peninsula. The monastery ranks fifth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It is one of...
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| x Filotheou monastery |
Filotheou monastery (Greek: Μονή Φιλοθέου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the peninsula. It was founded by the Blessed Philotheus, in the end of the 10th...
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| x Iviron monastery |
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Holy Monastery of Iviron (Greek: Ιερα Μονή Ιβήρων, Georgian: ივერთა მონასტერი) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery was built by Georgians (under the supervision of Ioannes the Iberian and...
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| x Poblet Monastery |
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Cistercians |
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.
It was the...
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| x Ganden Monastery |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an...
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| x Gelati Monastery |
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The Monastery of Gelati is a monastic complex near Kutaisi, Imereti, western Georgia). It contains the Church of the Virgin founded by the King of Georgia David the Builder in 1106, and the 13th-century churches of St George and St Nicholas.
The...
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| x Vydubychi Monastery |
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Vydubychi Monastery (Ukrainian: Видубицький монастир, Vydubyts'kyi monastyr) is an historic monastery in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.
The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav the Wise. It was a family cloister...
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| x Sera Monastery |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Sera Monastery (Tibetan: སེ་ར་; Wylie: Se-ra; Chinese: 色拉寺) is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of the name 'Sera' is not certain, but it may...
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| x Rumtek Monastery |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Rumtek (Tibetan: རུམ་ཐེག་དགོན་པ་,; Wylie: Rum-theg Dgon-pa), also called the Dharmachakra Centre, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok.
Originally built by the 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje in...
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| x Stavronikita monastery |
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Stavronikita monastery (Greek: Μονή Σταυρονικήτα) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It is built on top of a rock near the sea near the middle of the eastern shore of the...
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| x Ferapontov Monastery |
The Ferapontov convent (Russian: Ферапонтов монастырь), in the Vologda region of Russia, is considered one of the purest examples of Russian medieval art, a reason given by UNESCO for its inscription on the World Heritage List.
The monastery was...
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| x Chudov Monastery |
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The Chudov Monastery (more formally known as Alexius’ Archangel Michael Monastery) was founded in the Moscow Kremlin in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow. The monastery was dedicated to the miracle (chudo in Russian) of the Archangel Michael at...
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| x Novospassky Monastery |
Novospassky Monastery (New monastery of the Saviour) is one of the fortified monasteries surrounding Moscow from south-east.
It was the first monastery to be founded in the Moscow Kremlin in the early 14th century, affiliated with the Saviour church...
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| x Rila Monastery |
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Eastern Christianity |
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 northwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km ...
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| x Drepung Monastery |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Drepung Monastery (wylie: 'bras spungs dgon ),(literally “Rice Heap” monastery), located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden and Sera.
Drepung is the largest of...
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| x Tsurphu Monastery |
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Tibetan Buddhism |
Tsurphu Monastery (also Tolung Tsurpu / sTod lung mTshur phu) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery which served as the traditional seat of the Karmapa. It is located in Gurum town (rgu rum / Gǔróng Xiàng 古荣乡) of Doilungdêqên County in the Tibet...
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| x Gračanica monastery |
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Serbian Orthodox Church |
Gračanica (Serbian: Манастир Грачаница or Manastir Gračanica; Albanian: Manastiri i Graçanicës) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Kosovo. It was founded by the Serbian king Stefan Milutin in 1321. On 13 July 2006 it was placed on UNESCO's...
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| x Namdroling Monastery |
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The Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery (or Thekchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargye Ling) is the largest teaching center of Nyingmapa – a lineage of Tibetan Buddhism – in the world.
Located in Bylakuppe — part of the Mysore district of the state of Karnataka —...
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| x Valaam Monastery |
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The Valaam Monastery, or Valamo Monastery is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.
It is not clear when the monastery was founded. As the cloister is...
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| x Donskoy Monastery |
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Donskoy Monastery (Russian: Донско́й монасты́рь) is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591. in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from an imminent threat of Khan Kazy-Girey’s invasion. Commanding a highway to the Crimea, the monastery was...
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| x Zograf Monastery |
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church |
The Saint George the Zograf or Zograf Monastery (Bulgarian: Зографски манастир, Zografski manastir; Greek: Μονή Ζωγράφου, Moní Zográphou) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos (the "Holy Mountain") in Greece. It was traditionally founded...
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| x Krušedol monastery |
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The Krušedol monastery (Serbian: Манастир Крушедол / Manastir Krušedol) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The monastery is the legacy of the last Serbian despot family of Srem -...
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| x Harichavank Monastery |
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The Monastery of Harich or Harichavank (Armenian: Հառիճավանք) is 7th century Armenian monastery located near the village of Harich (Armenian: Հառիճ) in the Shirak Province of the Republic of Armenia. The village is 3 km southeast of the town of...
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| x Kuveždin monastery |
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The Kuveždin monastery (Serbian: Манастир Кувеждин / Manastir Kuveždin) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. Traditionally, its foundation is ascribed to Stefan Štiljanović. The...
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| x Bešenovo monastery |
The Bešenovo Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Бешеново / Manastir Bešenovo) is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to legend, the monastery of Bešenovo was founded by Serbian...
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| x Šišatovac monastery |
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The Šišatovac Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Шишатовац / Manastir Šišatovac) is a Serb Orthodox monastery situated on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The foundation of the monastery is ascribed to the refugee...
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| x Žitomislić Monastery |
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Žitomislić (Serbian: Житомислић) is а monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church located near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its church is dedicated to the Annunciation of the Mother of God.
In 1566 the Ottoman Empire, as represented by the kadija (qadi...
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| x Ostrog monastery |
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The Monastery of Ostrog (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Острог; Tr. Manastir Ostrog) is a monastery of the Serb Orthodox Church placed against an almost vertical background, high up in the large rock of Ostroška Greda, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to...
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| x Paromeos Monastery |
The Paromeos Monastery, also known as Baramos Monastery, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the Nitrian Desert. It is the most northern monastery among the four current monasteries of Scetes, about 4 km north of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy....
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| x Makaryev Monastery |
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Zheltovodsky Makaryev Convent (formerly, Monastery) of Holy Trinity (Russian: Желтово́дский Тро́ицкий Мака́рьев монасты́рь, or Russian: Свя́то-Тро́ице-Мака́рьево-Желтово́дский же́нский монасты́рь) is one of the convents of Russian Orthodox Church....
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| x Cetinje Monastery |
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The Cetinje Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Цетињски манастир; also known as the New Cetinje Monastery) is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its name derives...
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| x Surmang Monastery |
Surmang (or Zurmang) refers to a vast alpine nomadic and farming region, historically a duchy under the King of Nangchen, with vast land holdings spreading over what is today the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province. In Tibetan King of...
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| x Putna Monastery |
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The Putna monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery, one of the most important cultural, religious and artistic centers established in medieval Moldavia; as with many others, it was built and dedicated by Prince Stephen...
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| x Ipatiev Monastery |
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The Hypatian Monastery (Ипатьевский монастырь in Russian) is a male monastery, situated on the bank of the Kostroma River just opposite the city of Kostroma. It was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants...
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| x Sumela Monastery |
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The Sümela Monastery (Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. Lying at an altitude of approximately 1200 metres, it is a major tourist attraction...
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| x Brevnov Monastery |
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Břevnov Abbey (Czech: Břevnovský klášter) is a Benedictine monastery in Prague. It was founded by Prince Boleslav II and Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague in 993 AD.
The buildings standing today, including St Margaret's church, the conventual...
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| x Manasija monastery |
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Manasija (Serbian Cyrillic: Манасија), also known as Resava (Serbian Cyrillic: Ресава), is a Serb Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia, founded by Despotes Stefan Lazarević between 1407 and 1418. It is one of the most significant monuments of...
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| x Konevsky Monastery |
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Konevsky Monastery (Russian: Коневский Рождество-Богородичный монастырь, Finnish: Konevitsan Jumalansynnyttäjän syntymän luostari) is a Russian Orthodox monastery that occupies Konevets Island in the western part of the Lake Ladoga, Leningrad Oblast...
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| x Alexander Nevsky Monastery |
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in St Petersburg to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky, patron saint of the newly-founded Russian capital. In...
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| x Bistriţa Monastery |
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The Bistriţa Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Bistriţa) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 8 km west of Piatra Neamţ. It was dedicated in 1402 by Romanian Voivode Alexandru cel Bun whose remains are buried here.
The monastery is surrounded by 4...
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| x Namgyal Monastery |
Namgyal Monastery (Tibetan: རྣམ་གྱལ་; Wylie: rnam rgyal, named for a long-life deity) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery associated with the Dalai Lamas. Founded in 1575 by the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, Namgyal Monastery was historically housed...
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| x Kaymaklı Monastery |
Kaymaklı Monastery (Armenian: Ամենափրկիչ Վանք, Amenaprgič Vank, meaning Monastery of the All-Saviour; Turkish: Kaymaklı Manastırı, Amenapırgiç Manastırı) is a ruined Armenian Apostolic monastery near Trabzon, Turkey.
The monastery originally...
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| x Menri Monastery |
Menri Monastery (Tibetan: སམན་རི་; Wylie: sman ri — "medicine mountain") is a Bön monastery in Tibet. It was established in 1405 by Nyammey Sherab Gyeltsen (mnyam med shes rab rgyal mtshan, 1356–1416), and became the leading Bön monastery in the...
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| x Xiropotamou monastery |
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Xeropotamou monastery (Greek: Μονή Ξηροποτάμου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece, in the middle side of peninsula. The monastery ranks eighth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. It was founded...
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| x Pandokratoros monastery |
Pantokratoros monastery (Greek: Μονή Παντοκράτορος) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord. The...
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| x Troyan Monastery |
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The Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God (Bulgarian: Троянски манастир „Успение Богородично“) or, as it is more commonly called, the Troyan Monastery is the third largest monastery in Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part...
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