Saint Christopher Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Քրիստափորի վանք) is a restored Armenian church of the 7th century, located in a cemetery 2.2 kilometres (1...
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Saint Christopher (Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, Hágios Christóphoros, lit. 'Christ-bearer'; Latin: Sanctus Christophorus) is venerated by several Christian...
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Aragatsotn Province (section Churches and monasteries)
Aruchavank Cathedral of the 7th century Saint Christopher Monastery of the 7th century, Artavazik Church monastery of the 7th century, Cathedral of Talin...
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Saint Christopher of Trebizond was born in a village called Gazaree in Trebizond in the region of Pontus, Asia Minor. He was the head of the Soumela Monastery...
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A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities...
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Armenian architecture (section Monasteries flourish)
5th–13th century Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi, 7th–13th Tanahat Monastery, 8th–13th century Makenyats Vank,9th–13th century Horomayr Monastery, 10th–13th...
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Fourteen Holy Helpers (redirect from Fourteen saints)
often began in a monastery that held their relics. All of the saints except Giles were accounted martyrs. Saint Christopher and Saint Giles were invoked...
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The Royal Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe (Spanish: Real Monasterio de Santa María de Guadalupe) is a Roman Catholic monastic establishment built...
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the monastery of Monte Cassino in 529, where he wrote his Rule near the end of his life. In chapter 73, Saint Benedict commends the Rule of Saint Basil...
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The Monastery of Panagia Molyvdoskepastos (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Παναγίας Μολυβδοσκέπαστης) is a male Greek Orthodox monastery at Molyvdoskepastos, near Konitsa...
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York. Prior: Father Christopher. The Ascension of Our Lord Monastery, Detroit, Michigan. Superior: Archimandrite Mihail. Monastery of the Holy Archangel...
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the oldest representation of Saint George with a dragon: George stands besides a cynocephalous St. Christopher, both saints treading on snakes with human...
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of a dispute concerning land in Acre then owned by Mar Saba (the monastery of Saint Sabbas) but claimed by both Genoa and Venice. Initially the Genoese...
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a cemetery south of Dashtadem lies the restored 7th-century Saint Christopher Monastery. The keep at Dashtadem Fortress, 10th century Kristapori Vank...
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Diocese of Aragatsotn (section Monasteries)
century Saint Christopher Monastery, Dashtadem, 7th century Artavazik Church, Byurakan, 7th century Surp Hovhannes Church, Voskevaz, 7th century Saint Sarkis...
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Botolph of Thorney (redirect from Saint Botulf)
Christians. He and his brother Adulph were educated by Saint Fursey at Cnobheresburg monastery. They were then sent to study on the Continent, where they...
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St. Lambert's Abbey (redirect from Monastery of St. Lambrecht)
century depict Saint Christopher and Saint Agnes. Formerly in the monastery there was also a votive altarpiece from which the Master of the Saint Lambrecht...
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Δαφνί; Katharevousa: Δαφνίον, Daphnion) is an eleventh-century Byzantine monastery eleven kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of central Athens in the suburb...
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The Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory (Greek: Ιερά Μονή Οσίου Γρηγορίου), also known as Gregoriou Monastery (Greek: Μονή Γρηγορίου) is an Orthodox Christian...
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Santo Toribio de Liébana (category Monasteries in Cantabria)
The monastery was founded prior to the 6th century. The monastery holds and venerates part of the Lignum Crucis discovered in Jerusalem by Saint Helena...
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directly over Saint Paul's sarcophagus. In that period, there were two monasteries near the basilica: Saint Aristus's for men and Saint Stefano's for...
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The Monastère Saint-Benoît is an independent anglophone Catholic Benedictine monastery located in the commune of Brignoles, 46 kilometres (29 mi) from...
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Benedictines (redirect from Benedictine monastery)
Fleury Abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret was founded in about 640. It is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe...
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restoring the monastery and the tomb of Mar Behnam to its pre-ISIS condition was completed by early December 2018. Jones, Christopher (June 23, 2015)...
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paintings, and stone sculptures depicting St. Christopher, the patron saint of the church. The monastery church is situated at an altitude of approximately...
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to Saint George structured art gallery. Eastern Tetarteron of Manuel I Komnenos (12th century) showing a bust of George Main icon of Yuriev Monastery in...
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as a "noble Comendadora" residing in the Monastery of All Saints. Discussing the question of how Christopher Columbus, the son of a Genoese wool weaver...
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Brendan the Navigator (redirect from Saint Brendan)
to the monastery he founded in Clonfert, concealed in a luggage cart. He was interred in Clonfert Cathedral. Brendan was recognised as a saint by the...
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Padre Pio (redirect from Saint Pio of Pietrelcina)
Italian Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, celebrated on 23 September. Pio joined the Capuchins...
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Christopher Columbus (/kəˈlʌmbəs/; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa...
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