Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Monastery of Tsar is an Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Apostolic monastery located in the village Zar, Azerbaijan Zar of Kelbajar region, Azerbaijan . It was built in 1301 in the Principality of Khachen . DEFAULTSORT Monastery Of Tsar Category Destroyed landmarks Category Churches in Azerbaijan Category Christian monasteries established in the 14th century Azerbaijan struct stub Christian monastery stub hy uk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Monastery of Arouca is located in the town of Arouca , in Portugal . The original construction was erected in the 10th century. Only some stones of this construction remain and were built into a wall of nowadays monastery, built during the 17th and 18th centuries. Coord missing Portugal commonscat Mosteiro de Arouca DEFAULTSORT Monastery Of Arouca Category Cistercian monasteries in Portugal Arouca Category Christian monasteries in Portugal Portugal struct stub Christian monastery stub pt Mosteiro de Arouca ... more details
Franciscan monastery or Franciscan friary may refer to a great number of locations, including Franciscan Friary, Baja , in Baja, Hungary Franciscan Monastery in Kada , in Kada , Czech Republic Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery , in Washington, DC, United States Buttevant Franciscan Friary , Buttevant, Ireland Fransiscan Monastery of iroki Brijeg , in iroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina For a more complete list, see Category Franciscan monasteries disambig ... more details
. The monastery is convert 9 km mi from Berkovitsa and convert 85 km mi from Sofia . History Klisurski Monastery was founded in the 1240 during the Second Bulgarian Empire . It was repeatedly ... and pilgrims were killed by a Turkish pasha and his soldiers. The monastery was reconstructed ... center gallery caption Image Klisurski Monastery bg.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 03.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 05.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 07.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 08.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 09.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 13.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 16.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 18.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 20.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 23.jpg Image Klisurski Monastery 31.jpg gallery center References references External links commonscat Klisurski Monastery ... 2&lang bg Easter in Klisurski monastery in pictures bg icon http youtube.com watch?v gQ2qD0HWoKM ... monastery , youtube.com Category Christian monasteries in Bulgaria Category Bulgarian Orthodox monasteries ... more details
Infobox monastery name Fenek monastery br Manastir Fenek br image Fenek.jpg caption The Monastery full other names order Serbian Orthodox established 1450 1499 disestablished mother diocese Eparchy of Srem churches founder Stefan Brankovi dedication people Angelina Brankovi location Sur in Sur in municipality , Belgrade , Serbia coord oscoor remains public access The Fenek Monastery Serbian language Serbian Manastir Fenek is a Serbian Orthodox Church Serb Orthodox monastery in the Syrmia Srem region, near Belgrade , Serbia . The monastery is near the village of Jakovo village Jakovo , in the Sur in municipality. According to tradition, the founders of Monastery were Stefan Brankovi Stefan and Angelina Brankovi , in the second half of the 15th century. The earliest historical records about the Monastery date back to 1563. See also List of Serb Orthodox monasteries External links commonscat Fenek monastery http www.jakovo.info fenek.html Fenek monastery http www.sremska.spc.rs lat manastiri feneklat.htm More about the monastery Belgrade Serbian Orthodox Church coord missing Serbia orthodoxy stub Serbia geo stub Category 15th century establishments Category Christian monasteries established in the 15th century Category Serbian Orthodox monasteries Category Christian monasteries in Serbia Category Syrmia Category Churches in Belgrade ca Monestir de Fenek fr Monast re de Fenek mk nl Klooster Fenek sr ... more details
File BiarozaKlastar NapaleonOrda.jpg thumb right The Biaroza monastery painting by Napaleon Orda Biaroza monastery refers to the ruins of the former Carthusian baroque Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Monastery of the Christian cross Holy Cross ref name radzima http www.radzima.org be pub 307 p ... Commonwealth , who founded a fortified monastery and a palace in the village. In 1648, the monastery ... in the monastery. The cornerstone of the monastery was laid in 1648 by the monastery s founder, Kazimierz ... some error and the nuncio of Rome, Jan de Torres . Historians state that the monastery s architect ... sponsor of the project. File Monastery of Carthusians in Biaroza Kartuskaja.jpg thumb Biaroza monastery in early 20th century The monastery was to be built on the place where a wooden cross was found in the forest. Therefore the monastery was also named after the Christian cross Holy Cross . The monastery .... As a result it became one of the most beautiful among the monastery churches of the Rhine province of the eastern Commonwealth now Belarus . The monastery was also expanded and became one of the biggest monastery charterhouse s in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth . The monastic order the Carthusians ... Polish , the Bereza Kartuska Russian, the Beryoza Kartuzskaya . In addition, the monastery had ... s was built close to the monastery. During the Great Northern War , the monastery housed a conference held by King August II of Poland and Tsar Peter I of Russia . Economic activities of the monastery .... The main sources of the monastery s income were land operations and gifts of local szlachta and magnates. The monastery acted as creditor, and monopolised the local trade of salt , wine , honey and bread . File BiarozaKlastar1.JPG thumb left Monastery gate also to be found on the city coat of arms of Biaroza Monastery s degradation In 1706, the fortified monastery was put under siege and then taken ... persons and the monastery s huge treasures were robbed. After the closure of Carthusian monasteries ... more details
The Trakhtemyriv Monastery lang uk was a historic Zaporozhian Cossacks cossack monastery located near the settlements of Trakhtemyriv and Zarubnytsiv of modern day Cherkasy Oblast oblast province . The area where the monastery was located, former village of Monastyrok, is now submerged under the Kaniv Reservoir due to the construction of the Kaniv Hydroelectric Station. The date of the monastery s foundation is unknown. The decree of Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Polish King of Poland King Stephen B thory of Poland Stephen B thory dated 1578 made the monastery a place where sick and elderly Registered Cossacks could live at. In the 1660s, a Polish szlachta army destroyed the monastery it was not reconstructed, and its position as the cossack monastery was replaced by the Mezhyhirskyi Monastery near Vyshhorod . coord missing Ukraine Category Ukrainian Cossacks Category Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine Category Former places of worship in Ukraine ru uk ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Unreferenced date October 2009 File Kizichesky Monastery.jpg thumb 250 px Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery File Kizicheskiy.jpg thumb 250 px Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery before 1917 Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery is a small male monastery in Kazan Tatarstan . The monastery was founded in 1691 by Adrian the Moscow Patriarch who until 1690 were the Kazan Bishop. The name Kazichesky means Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus. The monastery was devotes to them because parts of their relics were brought in the monastery according to blessing of Adrian. In 1690s there Vvedensky Cathedral Presentation of Mary Cathedral and Vladimirskaya Church Church of Vladimir Icon of Virgin were built. Vvedensky Cathedral was destroyed in Soviet epoch. In this monastery Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy the grandfather of Lev Tolstoy was buried. coord 55.8222222322 N 49.0894444544 E source ruwiki region RU scale 2000 type landmark format dms display title Category Monasteries in Kazan Category Monasteries in Russia Category Monasteries in Tatarstan ru ... more details
Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery name Gozzangwa Monastery image image size alt caption pushpin map latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E map caption Location within India mapsize 250 location country India coordinates display location Khardong , Lahul and Spiti , Himachal Pradesh , India founded by founded date renovated sect lineage dedicated to Lama Gozzangwa head lama no. of monks architecture festivals footnotes Tibetan Buddhism Gozzangwa Monastery is a Buddhism Buddhist monastery in the village of Khardong in Lahul and Spiti , Himachal Pradesh , northern India . Pre Christina period rock carvings are situated outside the monastery dated to around 10th or 11th century and the monastery is noted for its Chorten s. Khardong Monastery and Shashur Monastery are nearby and it is 5 kilometres from Keylong . Footnotes Reflist Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh coord missing Himachal Pradesh Category Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh Category Tibetan Buddhist monasteries Category Lahaul and Spiti district ... more details
Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery name Mangnang Monastery image Mangnang Monastery 1866.jpg image size 250px alt caption Mangnang Monastery in 1866 t w to ipa z thdl e tc s p pushpin map China Tibet latd 31 latm 21 lats 3.6 latNS N longd 79 longm 47 longs 13.2 longEW E map caption Location within Tibet mapsize 250 location country China location Ngari Prefecture , Tibet coordinates display founded by founded 11th century date renovated sect lineage dedicated to head lama colleges no. of monks architecture festivals footnotes Mangnang Monastery was a Buddhist monastery in western Tibet . Founded in the 11th century, in the 19th century it was visited by the British who photographed it in 1866. The photographs are now part of the Royal Geographic Society . The monastery was probably destroyed in 1959. Buddhism monastery stub Tibetan Buddhism Buddhist monasteries in Tibet Category Buddhist monasteries in Tibet Category 11th century establishments ... more details
Image ZedazeniMonastery 1 B.jpg thumb 300px The Zedazeni Monastery Zedazeni Monastery lang ka is a Georgian Orthodox monastery , located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo , northeast to Mtskheta and to the east side of the Aragvi River. The monastery was founded by Saint John, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers Holy Assyrian Fathers of Georgia whose mission was to strengthen Christianity in the region. History Saint John founded the monastery in the 40s of the 6th century on Zedazeni mountain, where prior to Christianity used to be a cult of Zaden , the idol of fruitfulness. commons category Zedazeni Monastery coord missing Georgia country Category Georgian Orthodox monasteries hy he ka ru ... more details
Langboin Monastery or Dor oxoizhuling is a Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Jonang sect in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province, China . It is located 10 km west of Baima County in Langboin village, in Moba Township. The monastery was built in 1943 by Oquehe , a Sichuan Nangtang monk with connections to Tsangwa Monastery and has a monk population of about 70, including 30 resident. The monastery has one sutra hall and one white dagoba. ref http www.tibetinfor.com tibetzt tibet50 en story doc story 824.htm Monasteries of the Jonang Sect in Golog , Tibetinfor.com ref . References reflist coord missing Qinghai Buddhist monasteries in Qinghai Category Buddhist monasteries in Qinghai Category Tibetan Buddhist monasteries Category Religious buildings completed in 1943 Category Jonang PRChina struct stub Buddhism monastery stub ... more details
Mergefrom Matho Monastery date October 2010 Mashro Monastery or Mashro Gompa is a Buddhism Buddhist monastery in Ladakh , northern India , located across the Indus River from Thiksey Monastery . Built in the first half of the 16th century, it has an array of ancient thangkas, and is noted for its venue for a festival of oracles. ref name Temples cite web url http www.buddhist temples.com buddhist monastery ladakh mashro.html title Mashro Gompa publisher Buddhist temples.com accessdate October 7, 2009 ref References reflist Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh coord 33 59 56 N 77 37 51 E source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh Category Tibetan Buddhist monasteries Buddhism monastery stub ru ... more details
File IMG 1266 20070424 koutloumousiou monastery a.jpg thumb right 250px The church of the monastery. Koutloumousiou monastery lang el is an Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece . The monastery ranks sixth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. The monastery was raised with the help of voivode s Nicolae Alexandru and Vladislav Vlaicu from Wallachia . Among the treasures of the monastery is the purported largest relic of the True Cross . The library of monastery contains 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books. It has 20 working monks. Image gallery gallery Image IMG 1251 20070424 koutloumousiou monastery a.JPG Olive trees near the monastery Image IMG 1267 20070424 koutloumousiou monastery a.JPG The dome of the church Image IMG 1292 20070424 koutloumousiou monastery a.JPG Church detail Image IMG 1281 20070424 koutloumousiou monastery a.JPG Courtyard detail gallery External links http www.mountathos.gr active.aspx?mode en 58c89da4 f6e0 4e21 8c4b 70308d98a2c1 View Koutloumousiou monastery at the Mount Athos website http www.culture.gr 2 21 212 21210a e212ja15.html Greek Ministry of Culture Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou Monasteries of Mount Athos coord 40.2536 N 24.2472 E source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Eastern Orthodox monasteries Category Monasteries on Mount Athos Category Christian monasteries established in the 14th century orthodoxy stub bg de Kloster Koutloumousiou el es Monasterio de Koutloumoussiou fr Monast re de Koutloumousiou ko it Monastero di Koutloumousiou ka pl Klasztor Kutlumus ro M n stirea Cutlumu ru sr sh Manastir Kutlumu uk ... more details
Coord display title 55 45 21.1 N 37 37 23.6 E region RU type landmark For the eponymous Kiev monastery, see Brotherhood Monastery File Bogoyavlensky.jpg thumb 200px A 1882 photograph of the monastery The Epiphany Monastery lang ru , Bogoyavlensky monastyr better translated as Theophany Monastery is the oldest male monastery in Moscow , ref name orth http www.pravoslavie.ru put 080118113705 Article on Epiphany monastery, Pravoslavie , in Russian ref situated in the Kitai gorod ... s at this monastery. Stefan, Sergii Radonezhski s older brother, was the first recorded hegumen of this cloister. The first stone church building church at the Bogoyavlensky monastery was founded in 1342. In 1382, the monastery was sacked by Tokhtamysh s horde. In 1427, it suffered an outbreak of Bubonic plague pestilence . The monastery also survived numerous fire s, the most important being recorded in 1547, 1551, 1687 and 1737. The Epiphany monastery has always been under the patronage of grand prince s and tsar s. By the order of Ivan the Terrible , the monastery became a collection facility ... for the remembrance of the disgraced. In 1632, the Epiphany monastery was granted an exclusive right for tax free floating of a certain amount of building materials and firewood. The monastery had its own stable s, forge and rented out its own facilities. Image Bogoyavlensky Monastery 1.JPG thumb left ... estate house estates to the monastery. In 1680 1687, the Epiphany monastery was home to a school of the Likhud brothers, which would later be transferred to the Zaikonospassky monastery and transformed ... in the 1880s. In 1739, a belltower was erected. By 1744, the monastery had already owned 216 peasant ... government presented to the monastery a bronze statue of the Greek Lichud brothers , the founders of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy In 1764, monastic real estate was confiscated. Thenceforth monastery s staff rarely included more than 17 monks. In 1788, the Epiphany monastery was proclaimed ... more details
Image Bulgarien Roschen 2 1996.jpg thumb 300px Rozhen Monastery The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos Nativity of the Mother of God lang bg , Rozhenski manastir Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria . It is one of the few Middle Ages medieval Bulgarian monasteries well preserved until today. The earliest archaeological evidence of medieval life at the place is a grave with a few coins ... to the 13th or 14th century. A couple of new buildings were constructed in the monastery at the time of Despot Alexius Slav . The earliest written source testifying to the monastery s existence is a note on a chant book from 1551, today in the Great Lavra library on Mount Athos . The monastery church ..., the south facade was painted. The Rozhen Monastery was devastated by fire between 1662 and 1674, destroying the library and severely damaging most buildings. The monastery was restored over the next ... began in 1715 and was fully finished in 1732. The monastery reached its apogee in the 19th century, when ... in the area. Famous Bulgarian revolutionary Yane Sandanski s grave is located near the monastery ... Rozhen site in relation with the Rozhen Monastery. Gallery gallery perrow 5 Image Rozhenski manastir ngruev.jpg Inner yard and residential premises Image Rozhen Monastery TodorBozhinov 28 .JPG Entrance to the monastery church Image Rozhen Monastery fresco.jpg A fresco in the Rozhen Monastery Image Rozhen Monastery TodorBozhinov 18 .JPG External frescoes of the church Image Rozhen Monastery TodorBozhinov 29 .JPG Church interior gallery External links commons category Rozhen Monastery http www.rozhen.net Rozhen Monastery website http www.pbase.com ngruev rojen Photos from Rozhen Monastery http www.balex.bg images fotoalbum Monasteries Rozhen 20Monastery Images from Rozhen Monastery http rozen.pmg blg.com history.php Rozhen Monastery coord 41 31 49.77 N 23 25 35.24 E type landmark display ... more details
File Kustul Monastery Trabzon.jpg thumb Ku tul monastery Ku tul Monastery lang tr Ku tul Manast r , Greek language Greek lang el ref Meaning Holy Monastery of Saint George Peristereota formal name . The name Peristereota derives from the Greek word peristeri lang el pigeon , because legend has it that three pigeons led the three different monks who founded the monastery to the location. ref is located near im irli village, Ma ka Ma ka district , Trabzon Province , Turkey . Founded in 752 CE at 30 km southeast of Trabzon , it was finally ... , peristereota.com ref After 1906 fire, it was restored. A monastery with the same name was inaugurated on June 16, 1978, in Naousa, Imathia , which is where the monks of Ku tul Monastery ... , peristereota.com ref The monastery is abandoned and only the base of the church building church survives today. ref http www.trabzon.gov.tr eng church monastery kustul.aspx Ku tul Monastery , trabzon.gov.tr ref The monastery s Greek name is Saint George Peristereotas. The name was derived from ... to the place where the monastery was built. During its heyday the monastery consisted of 187 rooms ... use, the monastery was depopulated and for 2 centuries no monk lived within it. In 1398 permission was granted by The Emperor of Trapezus, Manuel III for the monastery to reopen. In 1462 the monastery ... were also lost in the fires of 1483. In 1501 the monastery was placed under the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople patriarch s jurisdiction up until the beginning of 20th century. The monastery .... See also Mokissos Vazelon Monastery References reflist External links http www.peristereota.com index.htm Website of the monastery http www.karalahana.com kustul and vazelon monasteries of trabzon.html ...&Itemid 90 Saint George Peristereotas coord missing Turkey DEFAULTSORT Kustul Monastery Category Archaeological ... History of Trabzon orthodoxy stub BlackSeaTR geo stub Turkey struct stub Christian monastery stub ... more details
The R te ti Monastery is a monastery of Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox nuns located in the Berca, Buz u Berca commune in the Buz u County in Romania , on the left bank of the Buz u river . History The monastery was erected by the boyar family of Dragomir, an army captain. The oldest known document relating to it is a donation deed, dated 6 May 1634. At the time, it was a monastery of monks. Because of the lack of monks, the monastery went deserted in 1752, and in 1760 was revived as community of nuns. As of 2006, about 75 nuns live there. Architecture The monastery church was built in a mixed neoclassicism neoclassical and local ecclesiastical style. It was painted in 1843 1844 by Nicolae Teodorescu and his nephew Gheorghe Tattarescu . The bell tower, erected by Dionisie Romano in 1854, was re designed and reduced in height to 18 meters in 1894, when it was rebuilt after an earthquake. The museum The compound includes a museum, near the water well which dates from 1911 . The museum was opened in 1975, in a wide hall painted in 1859 by a monk from the nearby Ciolanu Monastery . It exhibits a multi language Bible printed in 1629 in Greek language Greek , Latin language Latin and Hebrew language Hebrew . The visitors can also see a fragment of the original 1688 Bucharest Bible , the first edition translated into Romanian language Romanian , along with the anniversary reprint of the Bucharest Bible from 1988. Other items on display are numerous icons painted on wood or glass ... R te ti Monastery Image Manastirea ratesti 8.jpg Outside view from R te ti Monastery Image Manastirea ratesti 6.jpg Wall picture from R te ti Monastery Image Manastirea ratesti 7.jpg Wall picture from R te ti Monastery gallery External links ro icon http www.credo.ro ratesti The R te ti monastery web site coord missing Romania DEFAULTSORT Ratesti Monastery Category Romanian Orthodox monasteries Category Buz u County Christian monastery stub Romania church stub ... more details
coord 42 28 3 N 22 44 18 E region BG display title File Zemen Monastery TB 7 .jpg thumb right The 11th century church katholikon of the Zemen Monastery The Zemen Monastery lang bg , Zemenski manastir is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery located one kilometre away from Zemen in western Bulgaria . The monastery was established in the 11th century. It is rather small with a church, belfry and two other buildings. It is currently uninhabited. The church is a monument of culture. The church dates from the foundation of the monastery in the late 11th century and has a cube shape, 9 metres long, 8 metres wide, 11.20 metres high. The material used was travertine . The altar is a stone monolith and the floor is made of colourful tiles. The church is richly painted inside, with two layers of frescoes, the scarcely preserved early one dating to the 11th century. The better preserved Biblical scenes date from the mid 14th century and include several portraits of donors the first one depicting an unnamed man, his wife Doya and their two children, the second featuring a young man, Vitomir, and a boy, Stoyu. These portraits rank among the oldest and artistically most valuable in the Balkans after the frescoes of the Boyana Church . Gallery gallery File Zemen Monastery TB 8 .jpg Front view of the church File Zemen Monastery TB 6 .jpg Apse view of the church File Zemen Monastery TB 3 .JPG Courtyard and 19th century residential buildings File Zemen Monastery TB 2 .JPG Interior view of the church with its medieval frescoes File Zemen monastery st anne joachim.jpg 11th century fresco of Joachim and Saint Anne Anne gallery External links http www.bulgarianmonastery.com bg zemen monastery.html Zemen Monastery at BulgarianMonastery.com Category Christian monasteries established in the 11th century Category Christian monasteries in Bulgaria Category Bulgarian Orthodox monasteries Category Pernik Province Commonscat Zemen Monastery bulgaria struct stub Christian monastery stub ... more details
File Wheel of life col.jpg thumb right A thangka on the wall of Bardan representing the wheel of life Bardan Monastery or Bardan Gompa is a 17th century Buddhism Buddhist monastery, approximately 12 kilometres south of Padum , in Zanskar , Ladakh , northern India . It belongs to the Dugpa Kargyud monastic order and was one of the first monasteries of this sect to be established in Zanskar. ref cite web url http www.buddhist temples.com buddhist monastery ladakh bardan.html title Bardan Monastery publisher Buddhist temples.com accessdate September 30, 2009 ref The monastery also ran several smaller hermitages in the area. The monastery consists of a large Dukhang or assembly hall which has some grand statues of Buddhist figures and several small stupa s in clay, bronze, wood and copper. References reflist Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh coord 33 23 24 N 76 54 36 E source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh Category Tibetan Buddhist monasteries India struct stub Buddhism monastery stub ru ... more details
Image Glozhene monastery imagesfrombg.JPG right thumb 200px The Glozhene Monastery from the outside Image Glozhene entrance gruev1.JPG right thumb 200px The entrance to the Glozhene Monastery Image Glozhene monastery yard.jpg right thumb 200px Some of the buildings of the monastery The Glozhene Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located on the northern slopes of Stara Planina in Bulgaria , near the village of Glozhene and the Cherni Vit river, 12 km from Teteven . History According to the legend, the monastery was built in the 13th century 1224 , when Ukraine Ukrainian knyaz Georgi Glozh settled in the area with Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II s approval. The knyaz founded a monastery carrying the name of St George , whose icon he had brought with himself. The icon then disappeared numerous times only to be found on a hill not far from the village of Glozhene, which was interpreted by the monks as a divine sign to move the monastery there. This was eventually done near the end of the 14th century. The two monasteries existed in parallel for a short time, being connected by a tunnel to each other, but the tunnel, used many times by Vasil Levski during his secret missions, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1928. The monastery church was erected after the creation of the monastery in the 14th century, but was destroyed by another earthquake in 1913 along with its frescoes. The modern church was constructed in 1951 on the grounds of the old one. Honour Glozhene Cove in Smith Island South Shetland Islands Smith Island , South Shetland Islands is named after the settlement and the monastery of Glozhene. External links commons category coord 42.975 N 24.17 E format dms display title Category Christian monasteries in Bulgaria Category Bulgarian Orthodox monasteries Category Balkan mountains Category Lovech Province bg es Monasterio de Glozhene ru ... more details
Image Dryanovo monastery gruev.JPG right thumb 300px Dryanovo Monastery Image Monasterychurchinterior.jpg right thumb 300px Monastery church interior The Dryanovo Monastery lang bg , Dryanovski manastir is a functioning Bulgarian Orthodox monastery situated in the Andaka River Valley, in Bulgarka Nature Park in the central part of Bulgaria five kilometers away from the town of Dryanovo . It was founded in the 12th century, during the Second Bulgarian Empire , and is dedicated to Archangel Michael . Twice burnt down and pillaged during the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria , the monastery was restored at it present place in 1845. It was the site of several battles during the April Uprising of 1876. Gallery gallery perrow 4 Image Dryanovo Monastery E2.jpg Residential building Image Dryanovo TodorBozhinov 8 .JPG Residential building Image Dryanovo Monastery E3.jpg Entrance Image Dryanovo monastery monument ifb.JPG Monument to the April Uprising by Arnoldo Zocchi gallery See also Bacho Kiro cave Battle of Shipka Pass Bulgarian Orthodox Church Bulgarka Nature Park Etar Architectural Ethnographic Complex Gabrovo Shipka Pass Sokolski Monastery Tryavna Uzana External links commonscat http www.bulgaria.com resorts monasteries dryanovo Bulgaria.com page about the monastery http www.bulgariatravel.org etis article.php?aID 260 The Dryanovo Monastery at BulgariaTravel.org http www.pbase.com ngruev drianovski Photo gallery of the Dryanovo Monastery coord 42 57 3 N 25 25 55 E region BG display title Category Christian monasteries in Bulgaria Category Bulgarian Orthodox monasteries Category Gabrovo Province Category Balkan mountains Category Christian monasteries established in the 12th century bg de Kloster Drjanowo ru ... more details
Image Dionysiou monastery.jpg thumb right 200px Dionysiou, as seen from the sea level Dionysiou monastery lang el is an Eastern Orthodox Church 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 the twenty self governing monasteries in Athos, and it was dedicated to John the Baptist . The monastery was founded in the 14th century by saint Denys de Korisos, and it was named after him. The library of the monastery housed 804 manuscripts, and more than 4,000 printed books. The oldest manuscripts came from the 11th century. Today the monastery has a community of around 50 monks. Image 07Athos St Dionysius02.jpg thumb right 200px Dionysiou monastery Manuscripts Codex Athous Dionysiou Uncial 045 Uncial 050 Gallery gallery Image Dionysiou Monastery Codex 90.jpg Dionysiou monastery, codex 90, a 13th century manuscript containing selections from Herodotus , Plutarch and shown here Diogenes Laertius gallery Image Athos Dionysiou 1998 2.jpg thumb right 200px Dionysiou monastery External links http www.mountathos.gr active.aspx?mode en 0cfcbcfb 623d 46fc ac88 88de218eb78a View Dionysiou monastery at the Mount Athos website . http odysseus.culture.gr h 2 eh251.jsp?obj id 1515 Greek Ministry of Culture Holy Monastery of Dionysiou . Monasteries of Mount Athos coord 40 10 04.88 N 24 16 25.91 E source itwiki region GR display title DEFAULTSORT Dionysiou Monastery Category Christian monasteries established in the 14th century Category Monasteries on Mount Athos orthodoxy stub bg de Kloster Dionysiou el es Monasterio de Dionisiou fr Monast re de Dionysiou ko it Monastero di Dionysiou ka pl Klasztor w. Dionizego pt Mosteiro de Dion sio ro M n stirea Dionisiu ru sr sh Manastir Dionisijat uk ... more details
coord 42 10 34 N 22 56 54 E type landmark region BG display title The Ruen Monastery St John of Rila lang bg is a Bulgaria n Orthodox Church Orthodox monastery part of the Dupnitsa vicarage of the Sofia eparchy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church . It is situated near the village of Skrino , municipality of Boboshevo , Kyustendil Province . Location, history, architectural and artistic features The monastery is situated in a beautiful countryside near the small town of Boboshevo at around 8 km to the west of the European route E79 between Sofia and Kulata , at 2,5 km to the north of the village of Skrino the birth place of John of Rila . The monastery was restored over the ruins of the old church in 1999. A path from the monastery leads to the cave where Saint John of Rila first began with his hermitage. The monastery was named after the most famous Bulgarians Bulgarian saint, John of Rila 876 946 , patron of the Bulgarian people and founder of the Rila Monastery the largest Stauropegic stauropegic monastery in Bulgaria . He lived during the reign of Boris I of Bulgaria Boris I , Simeon I of Bulgaria Simeon I and Peter I of Bulgaria Peter I during the First Bulgarian Empire . The day of the saint is celebrated on 19 October. External links http stingers.my.contact.bg 2 index.html Site of the Ruen Monastery http www.knigabg.com index.php?page publisher&id 1133 Ruen Monastery publishing http www.pravoslavie.bg content view 658 202 Ruen Monastery Radio Sion http www.bulgarianmonastery.com bg ruen monastery.html Information for the monastery and photos http www.milarodino.com bg religion manastiri ruen Information for the monastery and photos Category Christian monasteries in Bulgaria Category Bulgarian Orthodox monasteries Category Kyustendil Province bg ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 File Konak manastira Rakovac.JPG thumb right 250px Rakovac monastery dormitory The Rakovac Monastery Serbian language Serbian Manastir Rakovac is a Serbian Orthodox Church Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fru ka Gora mountain in the northern Serbia n province of Vojvodina . According to a legend written in 1704, Rakovac Monastery was founded by a certain man, Raka , courtier of Despot court title Despot Jovan Brankovi . The legend states that Raka erected the monastery in 1498. The earliest historical records mentioning the monastery are dated to 1545 1546. Rakovac Monastery was declared Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance Serbia Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia . See also Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance Serbia Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance Tourism in Serbia Monasteries of Fru ka Gora List of Serb Orthodox monasteries External links http www.psdzeleznicarns.org.rs frmanastiri manastiri fruskogorski manastiri rakovac.htm More about the monastery Cultural Property of Great Importance Fru ka Gora monasteries Serbian Orthodox Church orthodoxy stub Serbia geo stub Cultural Property stub commonscat Rakovac monastery coord 45 11 06 N 19 46 48 E type landmark source kolossus frwiki display title Category Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance Category Serbian architecture Category 1498 establishments fr Monast re de Rakovac nl Klooster Rakovac sr sv Rakovac ... more details
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