- A
monastery is a
building or
complex of
buildings comprising the
domestic quarters and
workplaces of monastics,
monks or nuns,
whether living in communities...
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complexes of
Eastern Orthodox monasteries,
second in
importance only to
Mount Athos. The six (of an
original twenty-four)
monasteries are
built on
immense natural...
- Jerónimos
Monastery or
Hieronymites Monastery (Portuguese:
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, IPA: [muʃˈtɐjɾu ðu(ʒ) ʒɨˈɾɔnimuʃ]) is a
former monastery of the Order...
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Shaolin Monastery (少林寺; shǎolínsì), also
known as
Shaolin Temple, is a
monastic institution recognized as the
birthplace of Chan
Buddhism and the cradle...
- The
Monastery: a
Romance (1820) is a
historical novel by
Walter Scott, one of the
Waverley novels. Set in the
Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve...
- The
Monastery of St.
Varlaam (Gr****: Μονή Βαρλαάμ) is an
Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the
Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central...
- The
Visoki Dečani
Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Високи Дечани, romanized: Manastir
Visoki Dečani, Albanian:
Manastiri i Deçanit) is a
medieval Serbian...
- Old
Ghoom Monastery is the po****r name of Yiga Choeling. The
monastery belongs to the
Gelukpa or the
Yellow Hat sect and is
known for its 15 feet (4...
- The
Ostrog Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Острог, romanized: Manastir Ostrog,
pronounced [ǒstroɡ]) is a
monastery of the
Serbian Orthodox Church situated...
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Monastery (Arabic: دير القدّيسة كاترين Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn; Gr****: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης),
officially the
Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of...
