Ruins of the monastery stand above a reconstructed bell tower, and worn stone steps lead to the saintly cave.
The Potala Palace, an integration of palace, castle and monastery mingled with Chinese and Tibetan styles, is the largest and best-kept palace compound in Tibet.
Every morning at 5:30, Father Iakovos, a monk at Iviron monastery in northern Greece, is awakened by a sharp knock on the door of his sparsely furnished room.
On two successive nights they tried in vain to seize a knoll that lay between their position and monastery hill .
Trainees at the 1500-year-old monastery, the birthplace of kung fu, embark on a steep learning curve led by extraordinarily disciplined ‘warrior-monk’ tutors.
By Friday morning, he estimated that there were 900 bodies spread across the brightly painted pavilion that normally functioned as a seating area for the monks at his monastery.
The Gospel of Judas was inscribed on papyrus, most likely at a Gnostic monastery in Egypt.
There are 25 churches and 70 temples in Mt. Athos. Its monastery library has an abundant collection of rare 13-16th century Slavic manuscripts and archives.
Because much of the local Albanian population is hostile to the monks, the monastery has been protected by Italian NATO soldiers since 1999. No monk has dared to walk in the nearby town since then.
He appoints the abbot of the powerful monastery and gives financial support to institutions throughout the area.
It's a deserted monastery, down in the valley. Amongst the fir trees.
Stepping onto a balcony that overlooks the great golden-roofed monastery outside the town, I see a glint of snowy peaks all around.
In a fantastic hilltop location overlooking Florence, Villa San Michele is a 15th-century monastery with a facade by Michelangelo, set within beautiful landscaped gardens.
From its imponderable monastery, Savoca spreads out along a mountain ridge. Every now and then, bits of it tumble off the precipice into the valley below (as happened to the church in 1880).
The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter.
Ten centuries later, in 1088, a monk built a monastery on the island dedicated to the saint.
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