Greece
Iviron (980): the icon that refused to stay in church, moving itself to the monastery gate again and again
Secondo la leggenda, una pia donna di Nicea gettò in mare un'icona della Vergine per salvarla dalla distruzione…
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Poland
Jasna Góra (1382): When Two Hundred and Fifty Defenders Held Out Forty Days Against Four Thousand Swedes, Saving the Icon That Would Become Queen of Poland
Nell'inverno del 1655, durante l'invasione svedese nota come "il Diluvio", settanta monaci paolini e circa centottanta volontari della…
Georgia
Jvari Monastery (605): the miraculous cross Saint Nino planted on a pagan temple, atop a cliff over Mtskheta
Nel IV secolo, santa Nino — l'evangelizzatrice che convertì la Georgia al cristianesimo — eresse una grande croce…
Germany
Kloster Andechs (1455): a mouse revealed where the lost relics of Bavaria’s ‘Holy Mountain’ were buried
Nel 1246, il castello di Andechs fu raso al suolo e la sua preziosa collezione di reliquie —…
Greece
Konstamonitou Monastery: last in rank among the twenty, but far from forgotten by its monks
Sul versante sud-orientale della penisola del Monte Athos, in Grecia, il monastero di Konstamonitou è documentato tra il…
Greece
Koutloumousiou Monastery: named, by tradition, after a Seljuk prince who became a Christian monk
Sul Monte Athos, in Grecia, il monastero di Koutloumousiou è documentato a partire dal 1169; il suo nome…
Croatia
Krka Monastery (16th c.): beneath the church, Roman catacombs with Christian graffiti possibly from the 1st century
Il monastero di Krka, dedicato all'Arcangelo Michele, sorge su un sistema di grotte naturali che custodiscono catacombe romane…
Cyprus
Kykkos Monastery (11th century): the Icon Nobody Has Seen for More Than 350 Years, Because Looking at It Is Believed to Blind
Custodita nel monastero più ricco e famoso di Cipro, l'icona della Madonna attribuita all'evangelista Luca è permanentemente coperta:…
Thailand
Loha Prasat, Bangkok — the metal castle of Wat Ratchanatdaram – Virtual Tour 360°
A building made of pinnacles, lit above the old city, and the deliberately empty plaza cleared in front…
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