Monastery Collection (#24)

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

Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois. Later extended, the present ruins are mostly 12th & 13th century Date: founded 1123

Furness Abbey Piscina
The Piscina of Furness Abbey, Cumbria, England, a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois. Later extended, the present ruins are mostly 12th & 13th century Date: founded 1123

Kirov (Vyatka), Russia - Cathedral and Monastery Date: circa 1910s

Russian Monastery - Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: 1917

Corfu - Greece - Paleokastrica
Corfu - Greece - The Monastery of Paleokastrica (Paleokastritsa) - visible (rather small) at the top right of this card. Date: circa 1903

Odigitria, Crete - The Monastery
Panagia Odigitria (Afentiko) at Mystras (Odigitria Monastery), Crete in the Asterousia mountains. Date: circa 1920s

Greece - The Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo
The Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo in Kalavrita (Kalavryta), the most amazing shrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Peloponese, Greece. Date: circa 1920s

The Grand Lama of Rongbuk
The Grand Lama of the Rongbuk Monastery, Tibet. Date: circa 1910s

Florence, Italy - Certosa dell Galluzzo
The Certosa dell Galluzzo, Florence, Italy - one of the most powerful monasteries in Europe, built in the 14th century. Date: circa 1910s

Monastery of St John the Theologian, Patmos
View toward the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (also called Monastery of Saint John the Divine) - a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 at Chora on the island of Patmos, Greece

Mount Athos, Greece - Philotheou Monastery. An Eastern Orthodox monastery founded by the Blessed Philotheus at the end of the 10th century. Date: circa 1910s

Romania - Calimanesti - Monastery & Tower
The Monastery and Tower at Calimanesti-Caciulata, often known just as Calimanesti, is a town in Valcea County, southern Romania

Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Main entrance of Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

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

Cupola, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View inside the painted cupola at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Side altar, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of a side altar at Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Main altar, Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany
View of the main altar of Ettal Monastery, Upper Bavaria, Germany. This Benedictine monastery was founded in 1330, the first phase of building took place between 1330 and 1370

Jordan / Petra Nabatean
The Nabatean monastery at Ed Deir. Date: 1991

Poland / Czestochowa
The monastery of Czestochowa which houses the sacred shrine of the Virgin Mary Date: circa 1880

Monk copyist
It was in the monasteries that books were written and copied. A monk works on an illuminated manuscript. Date: Medieval

Large monastic villa in Mid or South Wales
A large monastic villa in Mid or South Wales, with a monk in dark robes standing in front

Father of the Monastery of Saint. Bernard, with dogs
The Father of the Hospice du Grand Saint Bernard, with two of its famous dogs which are trained to rescue unfortunate travelers who lose their way in the darkness and snow on the Alpine pass

Solovky (Solovetski) Monastery, Russia
Solovky (Solovetski) Monastery, located off the White Sea Coast in the Arctic Ocean on a cluster of Islands - considered the Mother of the Gulag

Monastery of Cotrica on Samos
The Monastery of Cotrica on Samos, a Greek island in the North Aegean sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of Asia Minor

Wat Buddhai Sawan, Ayutthaya, Thailand
General view of the Wat Buddhai Sawan Buddhist monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand. The large white structure on the right is the central prang, built in 1352

Wat Sri Sawai, Old Sukhothai, Thailand
View of Wat Sri Sawai, a small Buddhist temple with three prangs in Old Sukhothai, Thailand. There are many Hindu images and scenes here, suggesting that Sri Sawai was first a Hindu temple

Buddhist monastery in Datong, Shanxi, China
View of a Buddhist monastery at the Yungang (Cloud Ridge) Caves or Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, in the Peoples Republic of China

Wudang Lamasary, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
General view of the Wudang Lamasary (Tibetan Buddhist Monastery) in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China. Its Chinese name is Guangjue Temple

Da Zhao Temple, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Part of the Da Zhao Temple (meaning Infinite Temple), a Buddhist monastery at Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, in the Peoples Republic of China

Italian Infantry on Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

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