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List Of Abbeys And Priories
List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide. In Europe Armenia * Akhtala Monastery * Gandzasar monastery * Geghard * Goshavank *Haghartsin Monastery * Haghpat Monastery * Kecharis Monastery * Khor Virap * Noravank * Sanahin Monastery * Sevanavank *Tatev Monastery Austria * List of Christian monasteries in Austria Belgium * List of Christian monasteries in Belgium Czechia * Břevnov Archabbey * Emauzy Abbey * Rajhrad Abbey * Vyšší Brod * many more Denmark * List of Christian monasteries in Denmark Finland * Nådendal Abbey France * List of Christian religious houses in France Georgia *Betania Monastery * Bodbe Monastery * David Gareja monastery complex * Gelati Monastery * Jvari (monastery) *Shio-Mgvime Monastery Germany * Beuron Archabbey * Echenbrunn Abbey * Frauenburg *Maria Laach * Münsterschwarzach Abbey * Abbey of Prüm * Quedlinburg Abbey *St. Hildegard's Abbey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The concept of the abbey has developed over many centuries from the early monastic ways of religious men and women where they would live isolated from the lay community about them. Religious life in an abbey may be monastic. An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. The layout of the church and associated buildings of an abbey often follows a set plan determined by the founding religious order. Abbeys are often self-sufficient while using any abundance of produce or skill to provide care to the poor and needy, refuge to the persecuted, or education to the young. Some abbeys offer accommodation to people who are seeking spiritual retreat. There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christian Monasteries In Belgium
This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic. A *Achel Abbey (''Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel'', ''de Achelse Kluis'' or ''Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus'') (extant), part in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium, and part in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands: Trappist monks *Affligem (Flemish Brabant): ** Affligem Abbey (''Abdij van Affligem'') (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks ** Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (dissolved) (''Abdij Maria Mediatrix en Sant Wivina''): Benedictine nuns *Aldeneik Abbey (''Abdij van Aldeneik'') at Aldeneik, Maaseik, Limburg: Benedictine nuns, later canons regular * Amay, former commune of Jehay (Liège Province): ** Amay Abbey (''Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay'') (dissolved): Cistercian nuns (1244-1797) ** Amay Priory (''Prieuré d'Amay''), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey abov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frauenburg (other)
Frauenburg may refer to the following places: * Frauenburg (castle), in Styria, Austria *the German name of Frombork, Poland *the German exonym for the city of Saldus, Latvia * Unzmarkt-Frauenburg, a municipality in Austria *several castles and abbeys in Germany and Austria {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echenbrunn Abbey
Echenbrunn Abbey (german: Kloster Echenbrunn) was a Benedictine monastery located at Echenbrunn, now part of Gundelfingen an der Donau in Bavaria, Germany. Dedicated to Saints Peter In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ... and Paul, the monastery was founded in 1122 by Gumbert von Flochberg, a local noble. It was dissolved in 1556 by order of Otto Henry, Elector Palatine. In 1672 the Jesuits from Dillingen built a summer residence on the site, which later became the property of the Order of Saint John. The present structure on the site is a parish priest's house with a gabled roof built in 1732. The enclosure wall and its gateway with a pointed arch appear to date from the 16th century. Johann Bauhofer, "Die ehemalige Benediktiner-Abtei Echenbrunn" in ''Jahrbuch des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History It was founded by the brothers Maurus and Placidus Wolter. In 1862, with the assistance and support of Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, they were able to purchase the former Augustinian monastery in Beuron, vacant since 1802. The foundation was coordinated with the Archbishop of Freiburg. While the settlement in Beuron was still being prepared, Maurus Wolter spent three months at the French Benedictine Abbey of Solesmes in the autumn of 1862. Abbot Prosper Guéranger's approach to Gregorian Chant made a deep impression on Wolter. St. Martin's Abbey opened in 1863 as a daughter-house of the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls, with Maurus Wolter as prior. In 1868 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shio-Mgvime Monastery
The Shio-Mgvime Monastery ( ka, შიომღვიმე, , literally meaning "the cave of Shio") is a medieval monastic complex in Georgia, near the town of Mtskheta. It is located in a narrow limestone canyon on the northern bank of the Kura River, some from Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. The Shio-Mgvime complex According to a historic tradition, the first monastic community at this place was founded by the 6th-century monk Shio, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers who came to Georgia as Christian missionaries. St. Shio is said to have spent his last years as a hermit in a deep cave near Mtskheta subsequently named ("the Cave of Shio") after him. The earliest building – the Monastery of St. John the Baptist – a cruciform church, very plain and strict in its design, indeed dates to that time, , and the caves curved by monks are still visible around the monastery and along the road leading to the complex. The church has an octagonal dome covered with a conic floor and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jvari (monastery)
:''The name of this monastery translated as the "Monastery of the Cross". For the Georgian monastery in Jerusalem with the same name, see Monastery of the Cross.'' Jvari Monastery () is a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta, eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture, prevalent in Georgia and Armenia. Built atop of Jvari Mount (656 m a.s.l.), the monastery is an example of harmonious connection with the natural environment, characteristic to medieval Georgian architecture. Along with other historic structures of Mtskheta, the monastery was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994. History Jvari Monastery stands on the rocky mountaintop at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers, overlooking the town of Mtskheta, which was formerly the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia. Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelati Monastery
Gelati ( ka, გელათის მონასტერი) is a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. One of the first monasteries in Georgia, it was founded in 1106 by King David IV of Georgia as a monastic and educational center. The monastery is an exemplar of the Georgian Golden Age and a gold aesthetic is employed in the paintings and buildings. It was built to celebrate Orthodox Christian faith in Georgia. Some murals found inside the Gelati Monastery church date back to the 12th century. The monastery was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of its outstanding architecture and its importance as an educational and scientific center in medieval Georgia. Overview and description The monastery is located on a hill several kilometers to the northeast of Kutaisi. It also overlooks the Tskaltsitela Gorge. It is constructed of solid stone, with full archways. The plan of the main monastery was designed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gareja Monastery Complex
David Gareja ( ka, დავითგარეჯის სამონასტრო კომპლექსი) is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja on the edge of Iori Plateau, some 60–70 km southeast of Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The complex includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face. Part of the complex of David Gareja ( Bertubani Monastery) is located on the Azerbaijan–Georgia border and has become subject to a border dispute between the two countries. The area is also home to protected animal species and evidence of some of the oldest human habitations in the region. History The complex was founded in the 6th century by David (St. David Garejeli), one of the thirteen Assyrian monks who arrived in the country at the same time. His disciples Dodo and Luciane expanded the original lavra and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodbe Monastery
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe ( ka, ბოდბის წმინდა ნინოს მონასტერი, ''bodbis ts’minda Ninos monasteri'') is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia. Originally built in the 9th century, it has been significantly remodeled, especially in the 17th century. The monastery now functions as a nunnery and is one of the major pilgrimage sites in Georgia, due to its association with St. Nino, the 4th-century female evangelist of Georgians, whose relics are shrined there. Landscape and architecture The Bodbe Monastery is nested among tall Cypress trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alazani Valley, where it commands views of the Greater Caucasus mountains. The extant church – a three-nave basilica with three protruding apses – was originally built between the 9th and 11th centuries, but has been significantly modified sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betania Monastery
The Betania Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God ( ka, ბეთანიის ყოვლადწმინდა ღვთისმშობლის შობის მონასტერი) commonly known as Betania or Bethania (ბეთანია ) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in eastern Georgia, southwest of Tbilisi, the nation's capital. It is a remarkable piece of architecture of the Georgian Golden Age of the Kingdom of Georgia, at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, and is notable for its wall paintings which include a group portrait of the contemporary Georgian monarchs. History Betania is located in the isolated wooded valley of the Vere River, southwest of Tbilisi. The name of the monastery is derived from that of the village Bethany in Palestine Tamila Mgaloblishvili & Iulon Gagoshidze, The Jewish Diaspora and Early Christianity in Georgia, in: Mgaloblishvili, Tamila (ed., 1998), Ancient Christianity In The Caucasus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Christian Religious Houses In France
This is a list of Christian monasteries and religious houses in France, both extant and non-extant, and for either men or women (or both). Christian religious houses arranged by order Augustinians *Chancelade Abbey, Chancelade, Dordogne * Fontenelles Abbey, Saint-André-d'Ornay, Vendée *Paris: **Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus of the Perpetual Adoration (''Congrégation des Sacrés Coeurs de Marie et de Jésus de l'Adoration Perpétuelle''), Rue de Picpus, Paris, canonesses; formerly the Priory of the Canonesses of St. Augustine of the Victory of Lepanto. During the French Revolution the canonesses were expelled, and a certain Coignard took over the buildings as a nursing home for sick prisoners of the Terror: the Maison de Santé de Coignard. The gardens were used for the disposal of the bodies of the victims of the guillotine. After the revolution a community of canonesses was re-installed here, as a memorial to the many dead. ** Abbey of St. Genevieve, Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
