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    Vazelon Monastery (Greek: Μονή Βαζελώνος, romanized: Moni Vazelonos) is a ruin located in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was built in 270 and is 40 km...
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    Three ruined monasteries lie in Maçka, Trabzon Province: Panagias Soumela Monastery, Saint George Peristereotas Monastery, and Vazelon Monastery. These were...
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    Trabzon Trabzon Castle Kalepark Sümela Monastery Kuştul Monastery Kaymaklı Monastery Vazelon Monastery Kızlar Monastery Fatih Mosque Yeni Cuma Mosque Nakip...
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    river to avoid rape. Turkish troops rounded up women at Vazelon Monastery, a Greek Orthodox monastery, and raped them before killing them.. Many women and...
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    Mountains south of the city, where they established Vazelon Monastery in 270 AD and Sumela Monastery in 386 AD. As early as the First Council of Nicea,...
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    surrounding forests and mountains. Many women were rounded up and taken to Vazelon Monastery, where Turks "first violated them, and then put them to death". The...
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  • Monastery Monastery of Stoudios, or the Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner at Stoudios (ruins) Sümela Monastery Vazelon Monastery Zelve Monastery...
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    Sumela Monastery, Vazelon Monastery, Panagia Theoskepastos Monastery, Peristera Monastery, and Virgin Mary Monastery. Panagia Theoskepastos Monastery was...
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    significant Syriac churches and monasteries in existence are in or near Midyat including Mor Gabriel Monastery and the Saffron Monastery. By the 21st century, Greek...
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  • II Bagratuni Vardan II Vatatzes Vasilissa ergo gaude Vatopedi monastery Vazelon Monastery Vefa Kilise Mosque Velestino Veligosti, Barony of Venance Grumel...
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    monks of Kuştul Monastery are buried. The monastery is abandoned and only the base of the church survives today. Mokissos Vazelon Monastery Bryer, Anthony...
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    influenced society in the Empire of Trebizond. According to the Acts of Vazelon, which were written by contemporary monks, most peasants in the Matzouka...
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