Monastery Collection (#23)

Deathbed - Virgin Mary - Solovetsky Monastery
The Death of the Virgin Mary. Solovky Islands, Solovetsky, Solovetsky Monastery, Russia - relief on the wall of St. Phillips Church. 2010

Sihla Monastery, Romania
The Schitul ( Hermitage ) - a small church built by Ionta Cantacuzino at the Sihla Monastery, Romania (Neamt County) - situated on the slopes of the Stanisoara Mountains. Date: circa 1906

Santa Caterina del Sasso chapel
The interior of the Santa Caterina del Sasso chapel on Lake Maggiore, Italy. Part of a Dominican Monastery, standing on a sheer rock overlooking the lake. Date: circa 1910s

Great bells at Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky, Solovetsky Monastery - Great Holy Bells. 2010

Holy Nikolaos - Solovetsky Monastery
Solovky Islands, Solovetsky, Russia: Portrait of Holy Nikolaos in the yard of the Solovetsky Monastery. 2010

Religious statue, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
A religious statue on display at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Michaelangelos Well - Cerosa, Florence
Cerosa Monastery - Florence, Italy. The working well curb designed by Michaelangelo being attended by monks in the courtyard (surrounded by cloisters) Date: 1903

Wooden Chapel - Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky Monastery - old wooden chapel. 2010

Solovetsky Monastery - The Holy Lake
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky: Solovetsky Monastery seen across the Holy Lake. A solitary lone pilgrim sits on a jetty at the waters edge. 2010

Solovetsky Monastery - Cathedral icons
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky: Interior of the Solovetsky Monastery Transfiguration Cathedral, icons 2010

Cyprus - Bellapais Monastery Date: 1930s

Romania - Agapia Monastery
The Agapia Monastery - a Romanian Orthodox monastery located west of Targu Neamt in Neamt County. It was built in the mid 17th century by Romanian Voivode Vasile Lupu. Date: circa 1910s

Romanian Countryfolk and Curtea de Arges
Two Romanian countryfolk in traditional costume and the 16th century Curtea de Arges Monastery - Curtea de Arges, Arges county, Romania Date: circa 1900

Secu Monastery at Neamt, Romania. Built in the year 1602 by the magistrate Nestor Ureche. Date: 1910

Giant Bell - Solovetsky Monastery
Russia, Solovky Islands, Solovetsky: Historic giant bell in the Solovetsky Monastery 2010

Craiova, Romania
St. Demetrius Church; The Church of Cosuna Monastery the oldest building preserved in Craiova, Romania dating from 1483. Also pictured (right)

Pulpit, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of an ornate pulpit at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Eforie Baths and Sarindar Church, Bucharest
Eforie Baths and the Church (Biserica) at the Sarindar Monastery, Bucharest, Romania Date: circa 1902

School and Monastery at Predeal, Romania Date: 1909

Romania - Pestera Monastery (Prahova region) Date: circa 1903

Tetuan - Zauia of the Darkauas Sanctuary
Tetuan - Morocco - Zauia of the Darkauas Sanctuary. A Zauia or Zaouia (also spelled zawiya, zawiyah, zaouiya, zaouia, zwaya !!)

Mohammed Ali Mosque
Mosque of Muhammed Ali, the Alabaster Mosque, built around 1824, seen here from the Bektushi Monastery garden. Date: 19th century

Charterhouse Gatehouse
The Gatehouse of Charterhouse, London. Founded in 1371 as a Carthusian monastery, this fine building was endowed as a school in 1611. Transferred to Godalming, Surrey, in 1872. Date: founded 1371

St. Pancras Priory
The ruins of St. Pancras Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England, founded by William and Gundrada de Warenne, the only Cluniac monastery in the county of Sussex. Date: founded 1077

Bayham Abbey
The ruins of Bayham Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery founded by Robert Thornham; near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Date: founded circa 1200

Germany Schulpforta
The Cistercian monastery at Pforta, aka Schulpforta, in Sachsen, eastern Germany. Date: circa 1840

Boxgrove Priory, near Chichester, Sussex, England; the ruins of a Benedictine monastery. Date: founded 1120

Mont St. Michel
Mont. St. Michel, Normandy, France, showing the dramatic monastery, with its steeple almost touching the clouds. Date: 1967

Lacock Abbey Cloisters
Exterior of the cloisters of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery, partly rebuilt 1540. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Courtyard
The Tudor stable courtyard of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Minster Monastery, Kent
Minster Monastery, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent Date: circa 1770

JARROW MONASTERY, County Durham

Cetinje - Montenegro - The Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral

Ladakh, India - Chortens / Stupas - close to the Spitok Monastery (founded in the 11th century). The mound-like structures contain Buddhist relics, once thought to be places of Buddhist worship

Israel - Monastery of Saint George at Wadi Qilt
Israel - The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint George at Wadi Qilt - at this period under Ottoman control. Date: circa 1910s

The Old Monastery Gate - St Albans, now part of St Albans Boys School Date: circa 1930s

Lindisfarne Priory
The beautiful ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, on the island of Lindisfarne (or Holy Island), off Northumberland, England. Built in 1093 on site of a 7th century monastery. Date: founded 1093

Lacock Abbey Gateway and Clock House, Wiltshire, England. Founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Gables
Fine Elizabethan gables of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey, Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Lacock Abbey Farmyard
The Tudor farm buildings of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury as an Augustinian monastery. Date: 16th century

Paisley Abbey is a former Cluniac monastery in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Destroyed by the English in 1307. Rebuilt by the Stuarts; resting place of Robert III. Date: 12th century

Mount Athos Monastery
A monastery perched upon Mount Athos, the heart of Greek Orthodox Christianity, on the northernmost peninsula of Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. Date: early 1930s

Mount Grace Priory, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, England; the ruins of a once great Carthusian priory, founded in 1084. The present ruins date from 1397. Date: 14th century

Czar Boris III
CZAR BORIS III OF BULGARIA attending Easter Service at Rilo Monastery, 1 May 1932. Date: 1894 - 1943

St. Benets Abbey, near Horning, Norfolk, was founded by Suneman, a hermit. King Canute built the Monastery of St. Benet-at-Holm on the same site. Survived the Dissolution Date: founded 9th century

LA Valsainte Monastery
Carthusian monks entering the monastery of La Valsainte, Switzrland. Date: early 1940s

Monastic Carpenter
A Carthusian monk carpenter at work at the monastery of La Valsainte, Switzerland. Date: early 1940s

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