Another large relic backed by lore is the Panagia Myrtidiotissa monastery, the largest in Cythera.
Neither barbarian invasions nor the long centuries had disturbed the sense of sanctuary in the old monastery.
Once at the top, the Monastery sits like a Queen on her throne, majestic and regal.
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The thriving monastery houses 2, 855 monks, a school, a library and a medical clinic.
In 1944, the monastery at Monte Cassino in Italy was bombed by Allied aircraft.
The Danilovskaya Hotel is in the grounds of the 12th-century monastery of the same name.
If there is only time to visit one monastery, this is the one to choose.
Wymering Manor is a former vicarage and has also been a monastery and a family home.
He entered the monastery, probably on his wife's death, leaving Nicholas to fend for himself.
St Columba and his followers arrived from Ireland and established a monastery on Iona in 563.
The winery is located near a 16th century monastery in the Kakheti Valley, Georgian wine country.
Nor could scholars, who wanted to view and help preserve the monastery's treasures, be ignored.
But others were adamant the body had been buried in what was then the chapel of the Greyfriars monastery.
Their church is a converted suburban house, less than a mile from the Monastery.
It combines a mausoleum for his family, with a palace, monastery, cathedral and school.
The next week I had dinner with a Buddhist monk in a Buddhist monastery.
Since 2006, the monastery has been making award-winning wines, some in qvevris, some using modern methods.
This is followed by a simple dinner and an overnight stay on authentic cots in the monastery.
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Compared to the others, the Holy Monastery of Rousanou is lower in elevation, making it more accessible.
It happened outside the Kirti Monastery in Aba county, where many of the self-immolations have taken place.
Caldey's economy relies on summer tourists visiting the Cistercian monastery where the monks make chocolate and perfume.
But it was at the Trappist monastery of Mepkin Abbey that all the pieces finally fell into place.
In fact, larger monastery breweries, notably Westmalles and Chimay, help support other monasteries, multiple charities and local economies.
Lombardi said Benedict would eventually return to the Vatican and live at a monastery inside the Vatican gardens.
Unlike Songpan county, where monasteries are small and scattered, Aba's main monastery, called Kirti, is large and central.
And at the same time we can hear really the monks in the monastery - elements of Gregorian chant.
Shortly after the killing, the church transferred Feit far away to a monastery.
Explore the palaces and monasteries of the Sacred City of Polonnaruwa, and wander the mural-filled cave monastery of Dambulla.
But for some quiet reflection and an awesome view, tackle the more than 800-step climb up to the monastery.
It and sister monastery Sanahin, which form a Unesco World Heritage site, are little visited on Armenia's back roads.
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