Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name My Conception Type Album Artist Sonny Clark Cover Myconception.jpg Released 1979 Recorded December 8, 1957 br March 29, 1959 br small Van Gelder Studio , Hackensack, New Jersey Hackensack Genre Jazz Length 39 36 small original LP small br 61 16 small 2000 CD reissue Label Blue Note Records Blue Note br small GXF 3056 Producer Alfred Lion Chronology Sonny Clark Last album Blues in the Night Sonny Clark album Blues in the Night br 1958 This album My Conception br 1959 Next album Leapin and Lopin br 1961 Extra album cover Upper caption Alternative cover Type Album Cover My Conception.jpg Lower caption 2000 CD edition Album reviews rev1 Allmusic rev1score rating 4 5 ref http www.allmusic.com album r207290 Allmusic Review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot My Conception is an album by jazz pianist Sonny Clark , recorded for the Blue Note Records Blue Note label and performed by Clark with Donald Byrd , Hank Mobley , Paul Chambers , and Art Blakey . It was originally released in 1979 in Japan, as GXF 3056, featuring six tracks recorded in 1959 including an alternate take of Royal Flush , appeared on Cool Struttin . The 2000 limited CD reissue also comprised the three additional tracks originally recorded for Sonny Clark Quintets , an album which never saw the light of the day until being released later only in Japan. ref http www.jazzdisco.org sonny clark catalog blue note gxf 3056 Sonny Clark discography accessed December 22, 2009. ref The album was awarded 4 stars in an Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos which stated Sonny Clark s conception of modern jazz is not far removed from his peer group of the late 50s, in that advanced ... apart from other jazz pianists lies in his conception of democracy to allow his bandmates to steam ... Bars 6 18 My Conception 4 44 small Bonus tracks on CD small li value 7 Minor Meeting First Version ... Studio fr My Conception ... more details
Infobox Holiday holiday name Day of Conception type Secular longtype image caption official name nickname Procreation Day observedby Russia date September 12 celebrations observances relatedto Day of Conception also known as Procreation Day is a Russian Holiday made popular by the region of Ulyanovsk , birthplace of Vladimir Lenin . The day itself takes place on September 12th, and couples who then have a child on June 12th are rewarded by the regional government. History In his 2006 State of the Nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the demographic crisis the most urgent problem facing Russia and announced efforts to boost Russia s birth rate, including cash incentives to families that have more than one child. ref name Russia faces demographic disaster http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi europe 5056672.stm Russia faces demographic disaster By Steven Eke BBC News, Moscow 6 7 2007 ref In 2005 Gov. Sergey Ivanovich Morozov of Ulyanovsk, a region about 550 miles east of Moscow , added an element of fun to the national campaign by declaring September 12th the Day of Conception and giving couples time off from work to Reproduction procreate . The 2007 grand prize went to Irina and Andrei Kartuzov, who received a UAZ Patriot, a sport utility vehicle made in Ulyanovsk. Other contestants won video cameras, TVs, refrigerators and washing machines. ref name Procreation day delivers results http www.washingtontimes.com news 2007 aug 15 procreation day delivers results Procreation day delivers results Washington Times 8 15 2007 ref References Reflist 2 External links http www.denverpost.com ci 6624865 Russians get day off to procreate, then win prizes by Denver Post http www.nthword.com issue2 procreation day.php National Procreation Day by Giosue Santarelli nthWORD Magazine Category Holidays in Russia Category Fertility ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name A New Conception Type Album Artist Sam Rivers Cover A New Conception.jpg Released 1966 Recorded October 11, 1966 Genre Jazz Length Label Blue Note Records Blue Note Producer Alfred Lion Chronology Sam Rivers Last album Contours album Contours br 1965 This album A New Conception br 1966 Next album Dimensions & Extensions br 1967 A New Conception is the third album by American saxophonist Sam Rivers recorded in 1966 and released on the Blue Note Records Blue Note label. ref name Blue Note discography http www.jazzdisco.org blue note records catalog 4200 series blp 4249 Blue Note Records discography accessed November 22, 2010 ref The album features Rivers interpretation of seven jazz standard s. Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated It s challenging music that remains accessible, since it reconfigures familiar items in new, intriguing ways. The sheer skill in Rivers arrangements once again confirms his large, unfortunately underappreciated, talent . ref name Allmusic Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic class album id a new conception r156094 pure url yes Allmusic Review accessed November 22, 2010 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 11, 1966. When I Fall in Love Edward Heyman , Victor Young 5 48 I ll Never Smile Again Ruth Lowe 5 55 Detour Ahead Lou Carter , Herb Ellis , John Freigo 5 08 That s All Alan Brandt , Bob Haymes 5 37 What a Diff rence a Day Made Stanley Adams singer Stanley Adams , Mar a Grever 6 17 Temptation 1933 song Temptation Nacio Herb Brown , Arthur Freed 7 36 Secret Love 1953 song Secret Love Sammy Fain , Paul Francis Webster 7 31 Personnel Sam Rivers tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone , flute ... References reflist DEFAULTSORT New Conception Category Blue Note Records albums Category Sam Rivers ... more details
Infobox Film name The Devil in a Convent image image size caption director Georges M li s producer writer narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor released 1899 runtime Short country France language Silent film budget preceded by followed by The Devil in a Convent French Le diable au couvent was a short silent film created and released in 1899 and directed by Georges M li s . External links imdb title id 0000242 title The Devil in a Convent http www.youtube.com watch?v Gl p9c5kjB0 The Devil in a Convent on Youtube CinemaofFrance DEFAULTSORT Devil in a Convent Category 1899 films Category French films Category French silent short films Category Black and white films Category Films directed by Georges M li s 1890s France film stub ... more details
A conception device is a medical device which is used to assist in the achievement of a pregnancy , often, but not always, by means other than sexual intercourse natural insemination , or NI . This article deals exclusively with conception devices for human reproduction. Types Ovulation predictors main Fertility awareness There are many conception devices on the market today that can be used for predicting ovulation so that sperm can be introduced into the reproductive tract of a woman at the appropriate time, whether by sexual intercourse , including Insemination NI or by artificial insemination . Ovulation is the time of the month when the oocyte, or egg, is released by the woman. This is identified as the most fertile time in a woman s menstrual cycle. Introducing semen into the vaginal cavity during the ovulation time, called timing of intercourse or timing of artificial insemination , is important for achieving a pregnancy. Where a donor is being used, timing is particularly important ... as a device for identifying optimal time for conception. Fertility and Sterility, 47 4 , 590 ... the best times when conception can take place and enable the planning of intercourse or artificial insemination ... of artificial insemination. Various devices may be used as follows Conception cap A conception ..., 1983 Apr 39 4 480 4. ref Around time of ovulation a conception cap or cervical cap is filled with semen ... is available to fertilise a waiting egg. Cervical caps are specially designed for conception and are different ... as conception devices. ref http www.wmagazine.com beauty 2008 04 buzz i3 ref A conception cap .... However, a variation is a conception cap to which a narrow tube is attached through which ... conception. Semen collectors see also Condom Collection condoms are special condoms primarily used to collect ... aid conception by creating a chemical balance in the vagina which is conducive to fertilisation. Sperm ... Sperm bank Designer babies Surrogacy References reflist DEFAULTSORT Conception Device Category ... more details
coord display title 59 58 14 N 30 18 1 E type landmark region RU File .jpg thumb The Convent of St. John of Rila The Convent of St. John of Rila is the largest convent in St. Petersburg , Russia and the only stauropegic monastery in the region. It was established on the bank of the Karpovka River by Saint John of Kronstadt 1900 as a branch of the Sura Monastery of St. John the Baptist . The main pentacupolar church of the Twelve Apostles 1902 was built to a Neo Byzantine architecture Neo Byzantine design by Nikolay Nikonov . The ground floor contains the marble tomb of St. John of Kronstadt . The convent was disbanded by the Soviets in 1923. It was reopened as a branch of P htitsa Convent in 1991. commonscat Ioannovsky Convent Christian monastery stub Category Monasteries in Saint Petersburg Category Convents in Russia Category Russian Orthodox monasteries Category Neo Byzantine architecture in Russia Category Religious organizations established in 1900 Category Buildings and structures completed in 1902 Category Religious buildings completed in 1902 ru ... more details
Image Kuremae nunnaklooster sc.jpg thumb 200px Cathedral of P htitsa P htitsa Convent Estonian language ... is a convent located in Eastern Estonia Ida Viru County between Lake Peipus and the Gulf of Finland . History File Puhtitsa convent view sc.JPG thumb left View on monastery wall The convent ... of the Mother of God under a huge oak tree . The icon still belongs to the convent. A small Eastern Orthodoxy Orthodox Christian church was built in P htitsa in the 16th century. The convent was founded in 1891. File Kurem e kloostri v rav.jpg thumb left Entrance to the convent. In 1888, the Russian Orthodox Church sent a nun from Kostroma Ipatiev Monastery to establish a convent in P htitsa. The main Cathedral of the convent was built to a design by Mikhail Preobrazhensky in a Russian Revival style and was fully completed in 1910. There are six churches in the convent dedicated to a number ... governor general of Estonia was convent s patron and protected it from local nobles, mostly German Lutheran s, who tried to resist its construction. The convent was first Orthodox monastery built ..., after Estonia became independent from Russia , the new government confiscated most of the convent s land and transferred the convent to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church , independent of Moscow ... kilometres away from the convent and Germany Germans organized a concentration camp for Russian ... by the Soviet Union in 1944, the convent managed to survive despite the uneasy co existence with the Communism ... and Estonia in the 1960s was instrumental in the fight to keep the convent from closure. In 1990 the P htitsa Convent was placed under the direct authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and All ... commons P htitsa Convent en icon http www.orthodox.ee indexeng.php?d parishes convent Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate P htitsa Pyhtitsa Dormition Convent fr icon http www.estonie tallinn.com ... Entrance to the P htitsa Convent QTVR fullscreen panorama July 08, 2007 coord 59 12 09 N 27 32 ... more details
Penha Convent is a convent located in Vila Velha , Brazil , on the top of a high mountain overlooking the cities of Vit ria, Brazil Vit ria and Vila Velha . Founded in approximately 1558 by Pedro Pal cios , today it is home to Esp rito Santo s Patron Saint , Our Mother of Penha. Many believers make pilgrimages to this site which is surrounded by a green haven of forest. Due to its location between two large urban areas, it is also a very much sought after leisure spot on weekends and holidays. It is considered one of the main tourist attractions of the Brazilian Southeast state of Esp rito Santo . Every year, there is an important celebration to the Saint. Where believers dedicate their miles praying and thanking the Saint. Some have traveled from all over Brazil in order to get there. The men usually start their walk from the Capital Vitoria and finish at the Convent in Vila Velha. The women also pay their respects and walk from the closest Church Santuario up to the Convent. Inside the Convent there are millions of Thank you Notes from people that claim to have been cured by Nossa Senhora da Penha. They have left many of their notes along with their old handicapped chairs and much more. The view from the Convent is one of the most beautiful views. Being able to see the Island of Vitoria and the City of Vila Velha and one of the most beautiful beaches along the coast of Brazil called Praia da Costa. Where at the end of the beach, you can also see the house of the Governor. External links http www.morrodomoreno.com.br Images convento.jpg Photograph of Penha Convent http marlonstein.com fotos album Outras Edificacao convento Penha Convent Photos Marlon Stein http www.agrogemeos.com.br convento da penha.html images Google Maps of Penha Convent http flickr.com search ?q convento da penha Flickr Photos of Penha Convent coord missing Brazil Category Christian monasteries in Brazil Category Colonial architecture Christian monastery stub Brazil struct stub pt Convento da Penha ... more details
Presidium Convent Latvian language latvian Prezidiju Konvents also known as simply P K is an organisation that unites all male academic Corporation university corporations in Latvia . History Presidium Convent was established in autumn 1919, almost together with Latvian University . However it de facto started work only in autumn 1920, after Latvian War of Independence ended. Founders of Presidium Convent were five oldest Latvian student corporations Lettonia , Selonija , Lettgallia , Talavija , Fraternitas Lettica . In interwar period many new Latvian student corporations were admitted in Presidium Convent. In 1920ties. all Baltic Germans baltic german Student Corps corps Curonia, Fraternitas Baltica, Concordia Rigensis, Fraternitas Rigensis, Rubonia, Gotonia were also admitted in Presidium Convent. However in 1932 all of them left Presidium Convent as a protest for decision that only latvian language must be used in Presidium Convent meetings. In 1940, after Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 Soviet occupation of Latvia , Presidium Convent were closed, just like other latvian student organisations. After second world war most of latvian student corporations renewed their work in exile. In such conditions, it was impossible to renew Presidium Convent in its pre war shape, so in 1949 a new global organization was formed which united all latvian student corporations in exile Union of Latvian corporations latvian Latvijas Korpor ciju apvien ba . Presidium Convent was restored in Latvia in 1990. Today it unites 22 Latvian people latvian and 1 Russians russian student corporation. Member organizations Lettonia Fraternitas Arctica Selonija Lettgallia Talavija Fraternitas Lettica Latvia Ventonia Tervetia Beveronija Philyronia Fraternitas Metropolitana Fraternitas Vesthardiana Fraternitas Academica Fraternitas Lataviensis Patria Fraternitas Livonica Vendia Lacuania Fraternitas Imantica Gersicania Fraternitas Cursica Fraternitas Vanenica Equivalent Latvian Category Student ... more details
Infobox Film name Miss Conception image MissConceptionCover.jpg caption writer Camilla Leslie br Katherine Chandler starring Heather Graham actress Heather Graham br Mia Kirshner br Tom Ellis actor Tom Ellis br Orlando Seale director Eric Styles music cinematography producer distributor editing released 2008 in film 2008 runtime 94 minutes language English language English budget Miss Conception original title Buy Borrow Steal is a 2008 in film 2008 comedy film directed by Eric Styles and starring Heather Graham actress Heather Graham . Graham plays a woman who learns she has only one month left to conceive a child. When her baby phobic long term boyfriend Tom Ellis goes to film a documentary on a remote island with a spoiled former supermodel , she is forced to find alternate ways to conceive with the help of her friend Clem Mia Kirshner . The film was produced by Miromar Entertainment and Blue Angel Films. Plot summary Georgina Salt Heather Graham is a young English contractor living in London who longs to have a baby, which she sees as the one thing missing from her life. In the opening scene, Zach, Georgina s long time boyfriend, is talking on the phone with his sister, who has just had a baby girl. Georgina is obviously more interested in the baby than Zach. After Zach gets off the phone, the couple goes back into their bedroom where Georgina seduces Zach. Zach, however, uses a condom, much to the dismay of Georgina. The next day, Georgina goes shopping for a present for Zach ... 10009744 miss conception title Miss Conception Movie Reviews, Pictures Rotten Tomatoes accessdate 2011 ... film titles missconception?q Miss 20Conception title Miss Conception 2008 Reviews accessdate .... References Reflist External links imdb title id 0985593 title Miss Conception Category 2008 films Category English language films Category 2000s comedy films de Miss Conception fr Un b b tout prix pt Miss Conception ... more details
Infobox Film name The Convent O Convento image Manuel 03 convento.jpg caption director Manoel de Oliveira producer Paulo Branco writer Manoel de Oliveira starring Catherine Deneuve br John Malkovich music Krishna Levy cinematography Mario Barroso editing distributor Strand Releasing released 1995 runtime 90 minutes country Film Portugal language French language French br English language English br Portuguese language Portuguese budget The Convent lang pt O Convento is a 1995 film by Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira , starring Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich and based on the novel As Terras Do Risco by Agustina Bessa Lu s . It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival . ref name festival cannes.com cite web url http www.festival cannes.com en archives ficheFilm id 3374 year 1995.html title Festival de Cannes The Convent accessdate 2009 09 05 work festival cannes.com ref Plot The journey of Michael Padovic, a professor from the U.S.A , who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory Shakespeare was born in Spain , not in England , and was Jewish . The main characters arrive at the convent where they are greeted by an enigmatic stranger who refers to himself as Baltar he is the keeper of the convent. Other characters include a fisherman, the beautiful bookkeeper who is attracted to Dr. Padovic s work, and an elderly man who goes by the name of Balthazar. Cast Catherine Deneuve as H l ne John Malkovich as Michael Padovic Lu s Miguel Cintra as Baltar Leonor Silveira as Piedade Duarte de Almeida as Baltazar Helo sa Miranda as Berta Gilberto Gon alves as Fisherman References reflist External links IMDb title 0112716 The Convent O Convento Manoel de Oliveira DEFAULTSORT Convent, The Category 1995 films Category Portuguese films Category Films based on thriller novels Category Films directed by Manoel de Oliveira Category 1990s drama films 1990s drama film stub Portugal film stub fr ... more details
For the convent in Kiev of the same name Ascension Convent, Kiev Image Voznesenskij Monastyr.jpg thumb 250px Katholikon of Ascension Convent 1580s , from an early 19th century drawing. Ascension Convent , known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maiden s until 1817 Russian language Russian Voznesensky monastery , , was a female cloister in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarina s, and other noble ladies from the Muscovite royal court. It is believed that Ascension Convent was founded in 1389 next to the Saviour Gates of the Kremlin by Dmitry Donskoy s widow, Eudoxia Dmitriyevna , who would take the veil there. The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid in 1407 , just before her death. Eight years later, the cathedral was gutted by fire and then rebuilt in 1467 by princess Maria of Borovsk , wife of Vasili II of Russia . Sixteen years later the convent was again damaged by fire and then restored in 1518 1519 to a design by Aloisio the New . This church was completely rebuilt in 1587 1588, when a new five domed structure, mirroring the nearby Archangel Cathedral , was erected. It was a major monument to embody the conservative ... Vladimirovna first wife of Michael I of Russia Mikhail Feodorovich . The convent was also used as a residence ... son, False Dmitry I . In 1634, Michael I of Russia commissioned a new convent church to be built ... Church of Ascension Convent. In 1721, the convent was renovated on behest of Peter I of Russia ... Anna Ioannovna . During the Patriotic War of 1812 , the sacristy of Ascension Convent, with the Icon ... Revolution . In 1929, the convent complex including the majestic 16th century cathedral was dismantled ... the All Russian Central Executive Committee . Some of the icons of Ascension Convent were made over ... to this day. External links Commons category Ascension Convent ru icon http www.kremlin.museum.ru ru main history ReferenceData LostArchitMonuments VoznesenskiyConvent Account of the convent from ... more details
There were several Cordeliers Convents in France. This article is about the one in Paris. Image CordeliersClub.jpg thumb 275px The Cordeliers Convent in 1793 The Cordeliers Convent French Couvent des Cordeliers was a convent in Paris , France . It gave its name to the Club of the Cordeliers , which held its first meetings there during the French Revolution . Cordeliers was the name given in France to the Franciscan Observantist s. The building now houses the Dupuytren Museum of anatomy in connection with the school of medicine. Commons category Couvent des Cordeliers Cordeliers Convent coord 48 51 02 N 02 20 28.69 E type landmark scale 1000 source frwiki display title Category 6th arrondissement of Paris Category Buildings and structures in Paris Category Christian monasteries in France France church stub de Couvent des Cordeliers Paris fr Couvent des Cordeliers de Paris pt Convento dos Cordeliers de Paris zh ... more details
Multiple issues orphan March 2010 unreferenced March 2010 The Convent of Pleasure is a closet drama and example of an Early Modern English literature Early Modern text written by a Women s writing in English woman . The playwright was Margaret Cavendish and was published under her own name in 1668. An interesting note is that there are two passages in the play which she indicates were written by her husband. The Convent of Pleasure is a play about a group of unmarried women who choose to avoid the pains of men and marriage by creating their own community. The main characters of this play are Lady Happy, the Monsieurs, and the Princess, who is actually a cross dressing prince. The Convent of Pleasure ... expresses defiance through its architecture only, the convent s discourse reinforces its separatist stance. Lady Happy s rhetoric celebrates the convent s paradoxical walled freedom, refashioning marriage ..., she insists p. 3 . Her incloistered women even stage a convent drama that depicts the physical ... the convent rejects marriage, it threatens larger political contexts. Monsieur Facil voices a masculinist ... us see the Clergy to perswade her out, for the good of the Commonwealth p. 11 . Cavendish suggests the convent .... When Monsieur Courtly asks, But is there no place where we may peak into the Convent? Monsieur ... walls enable limited exchange. The convent is sealed not only from men, but from wives as well. As married women, Lady Amorous and Lady Virtue can only wonder about the delights within the convent. Their only glimpse of the convent comes through Madame Mediator, a widow who occupies a position inside and outside both the patriarchy and the convent. Madame Mediator has a limited capacity to describe the convent s rituals and pleasures to those firmly ensconced within the patriarchal economy men, wives ... p. 17 . Here, the widow s language is enticingly vague, suggesting the convent s Varieties of pleasure ... Utopias and the Politics of Gender By Erin Lang Bonin DEFAULTSORT Convent of Pleasure Category 1668 ... more details
Image Smolny Convent.jpg thumb 300px Aerial view of Smolny Convent. Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection Voskresensky , located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg , Russia , consists of a cathedral sobor and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally intended for a convent . ref name vor cite web url http www.vor.ru English centuries centuries 19.html title Smolny accessdate 2009 06 20 date 2003 publisher Voice of Russia Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref History This Russian Orthodox convent was built to house Elizabeth of Russia Elizabeth , the daughter of Peter the Great . After she was disallowed Order of succession succession to the throne, she opted to become a nun. However her Imperial predecessor, Ivan VI of Russia Ivan VI was overthrown during a coup d tat carried out by the Preobrazhensky regiment royal guards in 1741 . Elizabeth then decided against entering monastic life and accepted the offer of the Russian throne and work on the convent continued with her royal patronage. ref cite book last Antonov first Boris authorlink Boris Antonov coauthors title Russian Tsars publisher Ivan Fiorodov Art Publishers ... left Smolny Cathedral Sobor . The convent s main church catholicon or sobor , a blue and white building ... cathedral of the smolny convent title Cathedral of the Smolny Convent accessdate 2009 06 20 publisher Archilogy.com ref The Cathedral is the centerpiece of the convent, built by Rastrelli between 1748 ... of the convent rapidly ran out. Rastrelli was unable to build the huge bell tower he had planned and unable ... primarily as a concert hall and the surrounding convent buildings house various offices and government .... The nearby Smolny Institute is named after the convent. gallery File .jpg Opened model of The Smolny Cathedral File .jpg Model of The Smolny Convent ... ca Convent Smolni da Smolnij Kloster es Convento Smolny fr Couvent Smolny pl Monaster Smolny ru ... more details
File Abbotsford Convent Tower.JPG thumb 250px right Abbotsford Convent The Abbotsford Convent is located in Abbotsford, Victoria , an inner city suburb of Melbourne , Australia . The Convent is in a bend ... century the 6.8 hectare site was occupied by one of the largest convent s in Victoria. Today ..., bar, cafe and an organic pay as you feel restaurant. There are 11 buildings on the site the Convent, Convent Annexe, St Euphrasia, Providence, Rosina, St Mary s, Mercator, Magdalen Laundries, Sacred ... point. The precinct surrounding the convent is the most intact site associated with the first .... The Abbotsford Precinct Heritage Farmlands, upon which the former convent is sited, are the oldest ... inner city convent farm in a major city, anywhere in the world. The Collingwood Children ... abandoned in 1842 , opposite what later became the Abbotsford Convent precinct. Edward Curr lived ... young adult to the elderly. These elderly residents, some of whom had been at the convent since childhood, were housed in a separate dormitory. The Convent was able to house up to 1,000 residents and was largely ... and no pay. Children housed at the convent, as recently as the 1960s, have reported that the daily operation of the convent was draconian. Some orphans and wards were constrained for years in an enclosed section of the convent that included only a small exercise yard with no grass and the standard .... The Convent was a significant architectural and cultural landmark for a local community that had a included a high proportion of Catholic working class. Today, the former Convent of the Good Shepherd ..., textiles and other disciplines. Buildings and architecture The former Convent of the Good Shepherd ... of the Industrial School and the Magdalen Asylum, the scale and grandeur of the main convent ... Currently houses the Convent Foundation s office and the Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation ... Primary campus The Convent 1900 1903 initially housed the sisters cells, meeting community rooms ... more details
Infobox film name Images in a Convent caption image Images in a Convent FilmPoster.jpeg director Joe D Amato producer writer Joe D Amato as Tom Salima starring music cinematography editing distributor released February 4, 1979 runtime 82 minutes br 93 minutes USA uncut country FilmItaly language Italian budget gross Images in a Convent lang it Immagini di un convento is a 1979 in film 1979 sexploitation film by Italy Italian cult film cult filmmaker Joe D Amato . This film marks D Amato s second entry into the nunsploitation subgenre of trash film s, after The Nun and the Devil in 1972 and it was followed by Convent of Sinners in 1986. The film contains strong scenes of graphic violence relating to demonic possession , as well as hardcore pornography including explicit lesbian ic depictions of digital penetration and cunnilingus . External links imdb title id 0165325 title Images in a Convent Joe D Amato Category 1979 films Category Italian films Category Italian language films Category Films directed by Joe D Amato Category Nunsploitation films Category Films set in Italy 1970s Italy film stub it Immagini di un convento ... more details
Infobox religious building building name The Bar Convent infobox width image Bar Convent Chapel.jpg image size 300px caption The central altar at the Bar Convent Chapel map type map size map caption location ... capacity length width width nave height max The Convent of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin at York Micklegate Bar, York , better known as Bar Convent , is the oldest surviving Roman Catholic convent in England , established in 1686. ref http www.bar convent.org.uk Bar Convent official website ... the foundation of Catholic convents and as a result of this, the convent was both established ... of the Blessed Virgin Mary IBVM , signed the deeds for the land the convent was to be built on on 5 November 1686 under the alias Frances Long. The Convent is now part of the Congregation of Jesus . History Origin and early years The creation of the Convent was inspired at least in part by Sir ... of which purchased a property on the Convent site and a boarding school, and day school, for Catholic ... the house riding a horse and the mob, terrified, fled the scene. ref name Whitworth The convent later came under attack from Doctor Jaques Sterne, a religious campaigner who ordered the convent be shut ... that day and was thrown out. Doctor Sterne would go on to become a staunch ally and supporter of the Convent ... Under Mother Ann Aspinal, the convent was expanded and rebuilt, culminating in the original property ... be viewed in the Convent s archives. Image Bar Convent Dome Detail.jpg thumb right Detail on the centre of the chapel dome The most significant addition to the new Convent was a Chapel. Mother Aspinal ... First Catholic Repeal Act in 1778 made life easier for the Convent as it allowed them to legally ... since the creation of the Convent. The passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 in turn led to the Bar Convent being granted a licence to act as a public place of worship for the first time in its history. ref name Bar Convent timeline cite web title York Bar Convent History Timeline publisher ... more details
no footnotes date August 2011 Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent Image Image Russie Moscou Novodevichy 4.jpg 300px Novodevichy Convent in summer. State Party Image Flag ... list 1097 Novodevichy Convent , also known as Bogoroditse Smolensky Monastery lang ru & 769 ... from Ascension Convent an ancient maidens convent within the Moscow Kremlin . Unlike other Moscow ... World Heritage Site . Muscovite period Image Novodevichy Convent 2.jpg thumb left Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk 16th century . The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524 by Grand Prince Vasili ... Convent was granted 3,000 Russian ruble rubles and the villages of Akhabinevo and Troparevo. Ivan IV of Russia Ivan the Terrible would later grant a number of other villages to the convent . The Novodevichy Convent was known to have sheltered many ladies from the Russian royal families ... wife , and others. In 1610&ndash 1611, the Novodevichy Convent was captured by a Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish unit under the command of Aleksander Gosiewski . Once the convent was retaken by Russian ..., 350 soldiers in 1618 . By the end of the 17th century, the Novodevichy Convent possessed 36 ... Ukrainian and Belarus ian were transferred to Novodevichy Convent. In 1721, some of the aged nuns, who renounced the Old Believers Old Believers movement , were given shelter. In 1724, the convent also ... for female Child abandonment foundlings . By 1763, the convent housed 84 nuns, 35 lay sister s, and 78 sick patients and servants. Each year, the state provided the Novodevichy Convent ... made an attempt to blow up the convent, but the nuns managed to save the cloister from destruction. In Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy s War and Peace , Pierre was to be executed under the convent walls. In another ... skating near monastery walls. Indeed, the Maiden s Field as a meadow in front of the convent came ... money for a shelter school for the orphans of ignoble origins . Also, the convent housed two almshouse ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Gruenwald Convent nrhp type image Gruenwald Convent.jpg caption Front and side of the convent nearest city Cassella, Ohio Cassella , Ohio lat degrees 40 lat minutes 24 lat seconds 1 lat direction N long degrees 84 long minutes 33 long seconds 3 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Ohio built 1854 architecture added July 26, 1979 area convert 0 acre governing body Private mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000616.pdf Cross Tipped Churches of Ohio TR refnum 79002813 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The Gruenwald Convent is a historic former Catholic Church Roman Catholic convent in the far western part of the U.S. state of Ohio . Located approximately convert 0.5 mi south of the small community of Cassella, Ohio Cassella in Mercer County, Ohio Mercer County , the convent was built in 1854. ref name nris It is one of six convents that were built ... in Egypt, Ohio Egypt , the Himmelgarten convent near St. Henry, Ohio St. Henry , the Shrine of the Holy Relics Maria Stein Convent , and one affiliated with Holy Trinity Catholic Church Trinity, Indiana ... convent likewise is no longer in existence and the Egypt and Maria Stein convents had been significantly modified. ref name mps rp 2 Architecture The Gruenwald Convent is a two and a half storey story ... Gruenwald Convent , Ohio Historical Society , 2007. Accessed 2010 05 31. ref It is significantly smaller than some of the other convents of the region for example, the Maria Stein Convent is a complex of seventeen buildings, some of which are much larger than the Gruenwald Convent. ref Brown, Mary Ann. Ohio Historic Inventory Nomination Maria Stein Convent and Shrine of the Holy Relics . Ohio Historical Society , March 1978. ref After the Gruenwald Convent ceased to be used for its original ... House . ref name ohs Historic status In 1979, the Gruenwald Convent was one of more than thirty buildings ... Churches . ref name mps rp 6 The convent was listed on the Register both because of its contribution ... more details
Geobox Settlement Name section name Convent, Louisiana native name other name other name1 category Unincorporated area Unincorporated community Image image image size image caption Symbols flag flag size symbol symbol size symbol type Country etc. country United States state Louisiana region St. James Parish, Louisiana St. James region type Parish Geography area imperial area land imperial area water imperial area water percentage auto area percentage round 2 area round 1 location lat d 30 lat m 01 lat s 15 lat NS N long d 90 long m 49 long s 47 long EW W elevation imperial 20 elevation round 1 Population population as of 2000 population population density imperial population density round Government established type established mayor Various codes timezone North American Central Time Zone CST utc offset 6 timezone DST North American Central Time Zone CDT utc offset DST 5 postal code postal code type area code Area code 225 225 area code type code2 type code2 Free fields free type free free1 type free1 Map section map Louisiana Locator Map.PNG map size map caption Location of Convent in Louisiana map locator Louisiana map1 Map of USA LA.svg map1 caption Location of Louisiana in the United States Website website Convent lang fr Couvent is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in and the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana St. James Parish , Louisiana , United States . GR 6 It has been the parish seat since 1869. The town took damage during Hurricane Katrina , disrupting parish government activities for several months. History Community was originally named Baron when first settled 1722 to 1739. It was the location of the St. Michael s Convent Order of the Sacred ... Convent Historical Marker author Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism url http www.stoppingpoints.com louisiana St. James Convent ref Geography Located on the east bank of the Mississippi ... in Louisiana Category Parish seats in Louisiana Louisiana geo stub es Convent Luisiana fr Convent ... more details
For the eponymous monastery in Moscow, see Ascension Convent File Frol Nunnery Voznesenskayay Church Kyiv.JPG thumb 275px The katholikon and bell tower The Ascension Convent in the Kiev an neighbourhood of Podil , better known as the Florivsky or Florovsky Monastery , originated in the 16th century as the wooden church of Sts. Florus and Laurus . Its buildings occupy the slopes of the Zamkova Hora Kiev Castle Hill . The convent greatly expanded at the time of the Great Northern War , when Peter the Great ordered the demolition of the old Ascension Convent on Kiev Fortress Pechersk Hill with the aim of Kiev Fortress building an arsenal there. When run by Ivan Mazepa s mother, the older convent had amassed much property. ref name kiev Its riches and nuns were transferred to the Florovsky Convent. The main church, or katholikon , is a notable example of Ukrainian Baroque architecture. ref http ua.vlasenko.net pgs kyivska.html ref Its first stone was laid in 1722. Ten years later, the three domed building was dedicated to the feast of the Ascension of Christ . Its Neoclassical architecture Neoclassical bell tower is of later construction. The wooden buildings of the monastery were 1811 Great fire of Podil entirely destroyed by fire in 1811. Only the katholikon and a 17th century refectory were left standing amid the ashes. It was Andrey Melensky , a Neoclassical architect from Kiev, who was in charge of the convent s reconstruction. ref name kiev The convent s notable residents included Princess Natalia Dolgorukova , one of the first Russian women writers. ref name kiev http www.oldkyiv.org.ua data flor female ctd.php?lang ru Old Kyiv ref It was closed in 1929 but reopened after the Germans Operation Barbarossa entered the city in 1941. Several buildings have since been taken over by industrial enterprises. ref name kiev References reflist Religion of Kiev coord 50 46 36 N 30 57 54 E type landmark source kolossus ... more details
Page numbers needed date September 2010 The Convent Gallery is located in the Spa region of Daylesford, Victoria Daylesford , in Central Victoria Australia Victoria , Australia . The Convent Gallery s origins date back to the 1860s gold rush , home to the Gold Commissioner, and then known as Blarney Castle . The Catholic Church purchased the building in the 1880s for the local parish presbytery residence presbytery , where it was home to the priest for ten years. In 1891 Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr of Melbourne envisaged a source of light and edification for the Central Victorian community of Daylesford, Victoria . In 1892,the building was deemed appropriate for nun s and boarders and the Holy Cross Convent and boarding school for girls was opened. It was the first Victorian establishment outside of Melbourne by the Presentation Sisters . In 1904 the new chapel was completed and in 1927 the parlour, dormitory and music rooms were added. The convent lacked adequate heating and required a large amount of upkeep, inside and out. In the 1970s it was decided that more suitable accommodation should be found for the nuns. The school was closed in 1973 and at the suggestion of the head nun Sister Mary Agatha Murphy, the building was presented in 1975 by the parish of St Peter s to the wider community of Daylesford for its use as a Community Center for arts and education under the direction of a Committee of Management. By the end of 1977, 28 local groups were using it every week with an average weekly attendance of 250 people. It was sold in 1988, needing a great deal of repair and restoration. It was sold to Tina Banitska, a well known local artist and ceramicist . The building ... the Central Highlands twin towns of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs . The Convent now houses .... Some of the information is taken from the Convent History book, written by Brenda Morgan, freelance ... from the archives of the Presentation Convent, Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria. The part about the Community ... more details
Infobox Painting image file ConventThoughtsCollins.jpg backcolor FBF5DF painting alignment right image size 250px title Convent Thoughts artist Charles Allston Collins year 1850 51 type Oil painting Oil on canvas height 84 width 59 height inch width inch diameter cm diameter inch city Oxford museum Ashmolean Museum Convent Thoughts is a painting by the Pre Raphaelite painter Charles Allston Collins which was created between 1850 and 1851. Collins sent it to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1851 where it was exhibited. The painting shows a nun contemplating a passion flower symbolising the crucifixion of Christ. She is standing in a walled garden full of minutely detailed flowers. In her left hand she holds an illumination manuscript illuminated missal , held not as though she had been reading it but so as to show us the Annunciation and the Crucifixion. Her costume shows that she is a novice, presumably meditating on her final vows. The flowers were painted in the Oxford garden of Thomas Combe , an early collector of Pre Raphaelite paintings. Combe bought the painting in 1894 he bequeathed his art collection to the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford and Convent Thoughts remains in the Museum s collection to the present day. ref http www.ashmolean.org php makepage.php?&db wapaintings&view llisti&all &arti &titl Convent Thoughts&mat &prov &sour &acno &park &strt 1&what Search&cpos 1&s1 artist&s2 mainid&s3 &dno 25 Collins, Charles Alston 1828 1873 Convent Thoughts at Ashmolean.org. ref Although Collins was never formally a member of the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood, he was in sympathy with their aims and painted in their immensely detailed style. Convent Thoughts has a place in the history of Pre Raphaelitism, because the tide of opinion, initially hostile, was to some extent turned by a letter to The Times on 13 May 1851 from the influential critic John Ruskin praising the Pre Raphaelite paintings at the Academy exhibition, in particular Convent Thoughts , about which he wrote block ... more details
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