The most important of them were the ones in the monasteries of Mount Athos for Orthodox Christians, and the library of the Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai for the Coptic Church.

* Monastery of Saint Anthony, one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world.

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There have been Christian monasteries such as " The Cappadocian Caves " that used to shelter upwards of 5, 000 monks, or St Pantelaimon's Monastery on the Mount Athos in Greece, which has held up to 3, 000 monks.

Among the notable older monasteries is the Choijin Lama Monastery, a Buddhist monastery that was completed in 1908.

* Several Coptic monasteries, among which the Monastery of Apa Jeremias ( Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods )

There were three " mother " monasteries of the Sakya school: Sakya Monastery, founded in 1073, Ngor Evam Choden, founded in 1429, and Phanyul Nalendra in Phanyul, north of Lhasa, founded in 1435 by Kuntchen Rongten.

Records of the discovery of arms caches in the monasteries of Chang ' an during government raids in AD 446 suggests that Chinese monks practiced martial arts prior to the establishment of the Shaolin Monastery in 497.

It includes many Cyrillic and Glagolitic manuscripts from 21 countries and from various monasteries on Mount Athos, Greece, including the entire Slavic collection of the Hilandar Monastery.

The most important churches and monasteries for Čačak are church Ascension of Jesus, Saint Tsar Lazar church on Ljubić hill and Monastery Vujan.

Bachkovo Monastery, one of the most important Bulgarian monasteries.

Velichkovsky's translation was the first to become widely read by the public, away from the monasteries — helped by the popularity of The Way of a Pilgrim, and the public influence of the startsy at Optina Monastery known as the Optina Elders.

Additional U. S. Camaldolese monasteries are Incarnation Monastery in Berkeley, California, and Transfiguration Monastery.

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Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery soon became one of the most prominent Russian monasteries, with a lot of political influence, and successful economical development.

According to the UNESCO report ( 60100 ha / Ref: 954 ), this monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world together with the Monastery of Saint Anthony, situated across the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, which also lays claim to that title.

Some of them, such as Bishop Paul of Kolomna, Archbishop Alexander of Vyatka ( as well as a number of monasteries, such as the famous Solovetsky Monastery ), stood up for the old faith ; bishop Paul was eventually executed for his loyalty to the old rites.

Hunters were sent by merchants, and monasteries, such as Solovetsky Monastery, and settled in smaller stations along the coast.

Optina Monastery, one of the few remaining such monasteries at the time, served as a spiritual center for Russia in the 19th century and inspired many aspects of The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky began his first notes for The Brothers Karamazov in April 1878.

16th and 17th century sources allude to the practice of martial arts in the monasteries of Mount Emei made the earliest extant reference to the Shaolin Monastery as Chinese boxing's place of origin.

The native population was evangelized by the Augustinians and the Monastery of San Guillermo was built in 1545, becoming one of the first colonial monasteries in Mexico.

The only Nordic Orthodox monasteries New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent are located in Heinävesi.

A few kilometers to the north of Alcobaça is located the Monastery of Batalha, another wondrous gothic building constructed in memory of a different important battle, that of Aljubarrota.

The Armenians regard a recess in the Monastery of the Flagellation, a building near the second station on the Via Dolorosa, as the Prison of Christ.

In the past, many have tried to capitalise on Shaolin Monastery fame by building their own schools on Mount Song.

Their influence is seen in the building of the church Our Lady of Ljeviš and many other buildings, including the Gračanica Monastery.

The Monasterio de Piedra was founded in 1194 with thirteen monks from Poblet Monastery, in an old castle next to the Piedra river, the Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Rueda was founded in 1202 and utilized some of the first hydrological technology in the region for harnessing water power and river diversion for the purpose of building central heating.

John, alongside his wife who shared in his religious and charitable works, is known to have undertaken church building on a considerable scale, including construction of the Monastery of Christ Pantokrator ( Zeyrek Mosque ) in Constantinople.

This stone building around a patio, the cloisters of the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, was built in Sacramenia, Segovia, Spain in the 12th century.

He joined Da Ci ' en Monastery ( Monastery of Great Maternal Grace ), where he led the building of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in order to store the scriptures and icons he had brought back from India.

The Monastery of El Escorial is the most prominent building in the town and is one of the main Spanish Renaissance monuments.

Later the building saw use as a hospital for workers on construction of the Monastery, and for making glass, from which the chimney is still visible.

The Monastery of San Salvador de Celanova is the most important building in a well-preserved historical center.

During the reign of James I part of the Blackfriars Monastery was appropriated for use as a classroom, and the Blackfriars remained the School's home until 1842 when the building was deemed to be unsafe.

The church became the first building of the future Murom Monastery located on the eastern shore of Lake Onega.

The oldest building in Kursk is the upper church of the Trinity Monastery, a good example of the transition style characteristic of Peter the Great's early reign.

He also had a role in ending the conflict of the Moldavian Eastern Orthodox with the Patriarch of Constantinople ; he built Bistrița Monastery where he is buried and continued the building of Neamț Monastery which was started in the previous century.

Other notable sights include Schudrovskaya Palatka ( 17th century ), the first brick civil building in Ivanovo, the Svyato-Vvedensky Monastery ( architect P. Begen ), the wooden Uspenskaya church, the mansion of A. Duringer ( 1910 ), and others.

Morosini drained the island's marshes next to the church to get the ground for building, and founded the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, and became its first abbot.

The Egyptian historian Al-Idrisi ( d. 1251 ) developed another archaeological methodology in his book Anwar for Egyptology, which included: " reasons for the study of the importance of the pyramids ; description of the route to the site ; description of the pyramids and their inscriptions ; measuring, and checking previous measurements ; analysis of the form of the pyramid and reasons for building, with a critical review of literature ( more than 22 authorities quoted ) on the subject ; study of sediments as an indication of the flood level ; chemical analysis of clay in building material, by studying its mineral content in order to check place of origin ; regular visits to the site to see it in different conditions, and to recheck measurements ; noting stones reused at Jeremias Monastery, Saqqara as evidence of earlier dates, an observation confirmed by modern research.

As the road to Poros enters the impressive Poros gorge there is a rough vehicular track leading 4. 5 km up to the oldest monastery, and oldest surviving building, on Kefalonia, the Atros Monastery.

That year the Community acquired a small building of their own in the Ottawa suburb of Gloucester, which they renovated into a chapel, placed under the patronage of Saint Clement, and furnished with altars salvaged from the renovated Monastery chapel.

A noted temple is the Longxing Monastery, where the historical building ensemble has been preserved almost intact.