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Monastery of St. Nilus on Stolbnyi Island in Lake Seliger near Ostashkov, Russia, ca. 1910.

Monastery (plural: monasteries) denotes the building, or complex of buildings, comprising the domestic quarters and workplace(s) of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone (hermits). The monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church or temple, and may also serve as an oratory.

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• Related: Dissolution of the Monasteries, Religious order, Ecovillage, Krishnapura matha, Monasticism, Mount Athos, Khanqah, New Monasticism, Pilgrimage, Rota (architecture), Shivalli, Taoism, Thomas Merton, Vihara, Wudangshan

Sumela Monastery Sumela Monastery www.sumela.org - Web

Public Domain photographs and texts, and informati... Public Domain photographs and texts, and information regarding medieval monasteries. www.historyfish.net/monastics/monastics.html - Web

Monastery Italy Monastery Italy www.vaticanoweb.com/monasteri/initalia.asp - Web

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