Greece
Pantokratoros Monastery: founded by two brother-generals, home to the icon that hurried a dying monk’s last Communion
Sul Monte Athos, in Grecia, il monastero di Pantokratoros fu fondato intorno al 1357-1360, in seguito a un…
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Romania
Plumbuita Monastery, Bucharest — the Cloister of the City’s First Printing Press
Sixteenth-century Orthodox monastery in Colentina, Bucharest, rebuilt by Matei Basarab in 1647, where the first books printed in…
Ukraine
Pochaiv Lavra (1527): the Footprint of the Mother of God in the Rock, Whose Water Has Healed for Centuries, by Tradition
Secondo la tradizione, la Theotokos apparve ai monaci sotto forma di colonna di fuoco, lasciando l'impronta di un…
Romania
Putna Monastery: ‘the Jerusalem of the Romanian people’, resting place of Stephen the Great since 1504
Il monastero di Putna fu costruito tra il 1466 e il 1469, subito dopo la vittoria di Stefano…
Serbia
Ravanica Monastery: burial place of Prince Lazar, hero of Kosovo, whose relics fled Ottoman attacks for decades
Il monastero di Ravanica fu costruito tra il 1375 e il 1377 come fondazione del principe Lazar di…
Greece
Rousanou Monastery (1545): Looted by the Germans in 1940, Today Home Only to a Community of Nuns
Costruito su un pinnacolo di roccia separato, raggiungibile solo attraverso un piccolo ponte sospeso verso il pinnacolo vicino,…
Egypt
Saint Catherine’s Monastery: 1,500 years of unbroken life around the Burning Bush of Moses
Il monastero di Santa Caterina fu costruito tra il 548 e il 565 per volere dell'imperatore bizantino Giustiniano…
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Albania
Saint Naum Monastery (905): press an ear to the saint’s tomb and, legend says, you can still hear his heartbeat
San Naum di Ohrid, discepolo dei santi Cirillo e Metodio ed egli stesso studioso e missionario, fondò questo…
Georgia
Samtavro Monastery: on Saint Nino’s blackberry-bush shelter, burial place of Georgia’s first Christian rulers
Il nome Samtavro significa "dominio regale". Secondo la tradizione, il monastero sorge nel punto esatto dei giardini reali…
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