There are several historical buildings on Büyükada, such as the Agia Yorgi Church and Monastery dating back to the 6th century, the Agios Dimitrios Church, and the Hamidiye Mosque built by Abdul Hamid II.

φθορά νενανῶ, also νενανὼ ) is the name of one of the two " extra " modes in the Byzantine Octoechos — an eight mode system, which was created by a reform of the Monastery Agios Sabas, near Jerusalem, during the seventh century.

Phthora Nenano ( φθορά νενανὼ ) in combination with the modal intonation of the Plagal Devteros Echos ( ἦχος πλάγιος τοῦ δευτέρου ) — transcription according to the modal intonation in Mount Athos, Monastery of Agios Dionysios, Ms. 570, fol.

The Monastery of the Miracle ( Chudov Monastery ) in the Moscow Kremlin, where the Russian Tsars were baptized, was dedicated to the Feast of the Miracle at Kona.

In 794, Theodore became abbot of the Sakkudion Monastery, while Platon withdrew from the daily operation of the monastery and dedicated himself to silence.

The Monastery of Jerónimos was built, dedicated to the discovery of the route to India.

According to a Christian tradition dating to about 800, angels carried her body to Mount Sinai, where, in the 6th century, the Eastern Emperor Justinian had established what is now known as Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, ( in fact dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ ).

The Monastery of the Perpetual Rosary, known as the The Blue Chapel, was constructed between 1912 and 1914, as the first monastery dedicated to the recitation of the Perpetual Rosary in the United States.

Just beside the Monastery is " Bede's World ", a working museum dedicated to the life and times of Bede.

There exists a large statue in front of the Royal Monastery of San Geronimo dedicated to the victims of the bombing of May 31, 1906.

The main basilica is dedicated to St. Benedict, still attached to a functioning Benedictine monastery, the Monastery of St. Benedict.

Later, Dionysius founded the Pechersky Monastery on that same spot, which was dedicated in honour of the Ascension of the Lord.

The monastery was dedicated to the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was sometimes referred to as the Dormition Monastery of St. Cyril.

The nearby village of Azogires, 5 km away, contains a museum dedicated to the area as well as the, now empty, Monastery of the 99 Holy Fathers and what is claimed to be the largest Evergreen Plane Tree on the Island.

The large-scale urban development under Prince Şerban and Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu saw the building of numerous religious facilities, including Anthim the Iberian's Antim Monastery ; in 1722, boyar Iordache Creţulescu added Kretzulescu Church to the city's landscape, during a period when most new places of worship were being dedicated by trader guilds.

The fortified Monastery of the Taxiarchs, dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, was built in 1572 just E of the village of Galani.

Well established as an organised Monastery with dedicated efforts of the monks, an Assembly Prayer Hall that could accommodate 1500 monks was also completed in 1978.

* Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt

In 1844, he paid his first visit to the convent of Saint Catherine's Monastery, on Mount Sinai, where he found, in a trash basket, forty-four pages of what was the then oldest known copy of the Septuagint.

* Monastery of Saint Anthony

* Monastery of Saint Fana

* Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

* Monastery of Saint Matthew the Potter

* Monastery of Saint Mina

* Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

* Monastery of Saint Pishoy

File: St. Anthony's Monastery 2006. jpg | Monastery of Saint Anthony, Eastern Desert, Egypt

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File: MonasteroPaolo4. jpg | Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite, Eastern Desert, Egypt

File: Bischoy Kloster BW 10. jpg | Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt

File: Bischoy Kloster BW 1. jpg | Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt

File: Bischoy Kloster BW 9. jpg | Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Scetes, Egypt

File: St marcarius. JPG | Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, Egypt

File: Macarius Kloster BW 1. jpg | Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Scetes, Egypt

File: Monastery of Abu Mena ( 03-2009 ). jpg | Monastery of Saint Mina, Western Desert, Egypt

File: Kroeffelbach Koptisches Kloster. jpg | Monastery of Saint Anthony, Kröffelbach, Germany

Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas in a Ferapontov Monastery.

Fresco in the Church of the Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian in Syria

The oldest icon of Christ Pantocrator, Encaustic painting | encaustic on panel, c. 6th century ( Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai ).

The Dalai Lama donated buildings in Himachal Pradesh state in Shimla, India for use as a Jonang monastery ( now known as the Main Takten Phuntsok Choeling Monastery ) and has visited during one of his recent teaching tours.

She has thirteen Catholic Press Association awards, the most recent being three in June, 2012 for her books The Monastery of the Heart and Happiness.

In recent days, Kopan Monastery has also established itself as a popular recreational destination for Kathmandu residents and local tourists as well.

Dudtsi-til Monastery was razed twice by the armies of the Central Government of Tibet, the most recent time being in the 1930s, when the Central Government tried to collect taxes in Tibetan areas of Qinghai.