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Jasna Góra Monastery
Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Jasna Gora rises from the Polish plains as one of Christianity's most visited pilgrimage sites....
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland
Rising above a Swiss Alpine valley, Einsiedeln Abbey has welcomed pilgrims for over a millennium....
Gelati Monastery
Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia
Founded in 1106 by King David IV as both monastery and academy, Gelati rises on a wooded hillside above the Tskaltsitela River as the spiritual and intellectual heart of...
Saint-Sophia Cathedral, Kiev
Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Built in the 11th century as the mother church of Kyivan Rus', Saint-Sophia Cathedral stands as one of the oldest surviving Christian monuments in Eastern Europe....
Geghard Monastery
Goght, Kotayk Province, Armenia
Carved into the cliffs of the Azat River gorge, Geghard Monastery has held Armenian Christian worship since the 4th century....
Abbey of the Sacred Heart, Keur Moussa, Senegal
Communauté rurale de Keur Moussa, Thiès Region, Senegal
Abbaye de Keur Moussa or simply Keur Mousa, near Dakar, the capital city of the Western African nation of Senegal, is a Benedictine monastery of the Solesmes Congregation.....
Deir el Qaddis Antwan
Monastery of Saint Anthony, Red Sea, Egypt
Deir el Qaddis Antwan is a monastery of sacred significance.
Barsana Monastery, Romania
Bârsana, Maramureș, Romania
Barsana Monastery rises from a plateau above the Iza River in Maramures, northwestern Romania....
Iona
The Village, Scotland, United Kingdom
Iona (; Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille [ˈiː ˈxal̪ˠɪm ˈçiʎə] , sometimes simply Ì) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of...
Hronsky Beňadik, Benedictine Monastery
Hronský Beňadik, Region of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Hronsky Beňadik, Benedictine Monastery is a monastery of sacred significance.
Cozia Monastery, Romania
Calimanesti, Vâlcea, Romania
Cozia Monastery occupies a dramatic position on the bank of the Olt River in the Valcea region of southern Romania....
Bachkovo Monastery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bachkovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Bachkovo Monastery has held its ground for nearly a thousand years in the Rhodope Mountains, founded by a Georgian commander serving Byzantium and sustained through...
Deir Mari Bolos
Red Sea, Egypt
Deir Mari Bolos is a monastery of sacred significance.
Khor Virap
Ararat Province, Armenia
Khor Virap — 'deep dungeon' — marks the place where Gregory the Illuminator survived thirteen years of imprisonment in a pit before emerging to convert Armenia to...
Dintr Un Lemn Monastery, Romania
Dezrobiți, Vâlcea, Romania
Dintr Un Lemn Monastery, Romania is a monastery of sacred significance.
Csiksomlyo Monastery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita, Romania
Csiksomlyo Monastery, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania is a monastery of sacred significance.
Ardmore
County Waterford, The Municipal District of Dungarvan — Lismore, Ireland
Ardmore comes from the Irish: Ard Mór or the Scottish Gaelic: Àird Mhòr meaning "great height" and may refer to:
Holy Trinity Monastery, Pljevlja
Pljevlja Municipality, Opština Pljevlja, Montenegro
Holy Trinity Monastery, Pljevlja is a monastery of sacred significance.
Bistrita Monastery, Romania
Bistrița, Neamț, Romania
Bistrita Monastery, Romania is a monastery of sacred significance.
Chernihiv
Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Chernihiv (Ukrainian: Чернігів, IPA: [tʃerˈn⁽ʲ⁾iɦiu̯] ; Russian: Чернигов, romanized: Chernigov, IPA: [tɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf]) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which.....
Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai
Saint Catherine, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Saint Catherine's Monastery has stood at the foot of Mount Sinai for nearly fifteen centuries, making it the world's oldest continuously operating Christian monastery....
Monastero di Santa Scolastica
Subiaco, Latium, Italia
Founded by Saint Benedict around 520 AD as one of thirteen monasteries in the Aniene valley, Santa Scolastica is the only one that survived....
Sacro Speco di San Benedetto
Subiaco, Latium, Italia
Around 500 AD, a young man named Benedict withdrew to a cave on Mount Taleo above the Aniene Valley, seeking solitude from the corruption of Rome....
Bonneval Abbey
France
Founded in 1147 as a Cistercian house in a secluded Aveyron valley, Bonneval was ruined by plague, war, and revolution, then raised again in 1875 by Trappistine nuns who...
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