#Monastery

Alex Sakalis

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As Pontic Greeks fled Trabzon in 1922, they buried the Sumela Monastery's most sacred possessions, including the icon of the Virgin, allegedly carved by St Luke, in the ground. They

Armenian History

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A thread of a few examples of the cultural genocide of Armenian culture that takes place once Armenian land falls under Turkey or Azerbaijan. Varagavank (Վարագավանք), built in the 11th

Joanna Booth

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One of the most horrible things I heard about the House of Lords was from Nat Wei, a Conservative peer who is involved in Bristol’s housing. He said that when

Narine

NarineNanaros

Debunking the artificially aging khachkar workshop: These photos were made by a Russian family in 2015 (travel-bloggers). You can find them in the blog http://kirill-anya.ru/2015/caucasus/24.html. These Khachkars are near the

Preeti Thakur

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Spiti Valley, lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh IndiaSpiti Valley is a cold desert mountain Valley located high in the Himalayas in the North Eastern part of the Mountain Northern Indian state

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lebanesefront

Old Syriac and Garshuni inscriptions in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon (Thread) The inscriptions at the Mar Asya Monastery, which are written in Estrangelo and Serto Syriac scripts contain a liturgical

P H Lee

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So I watched the musical Pippin for the first time yesterday and I have a distantly related thought about monasticism and modern American Protestant Christianity. (I knew that there was

Tishaa Dogra

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Rewalsar,a town in Mandi(HP)holds secred importance for Hindus, Sikhs n Buddhist, hence the town is also known as TRISANGAM. The natural lake at Rewalsar is famous for its floating reed

Gravantus

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Blessed Arseny of Winnipeg was born March 10, 1866. After his father passed, he heralded their sheep farm with his mother and 5 siblings.Recognized for his intelligence, he was granted

Dante

HoodAllah

A little history thread on the Virgin of Guadalupe. Many of us know about the story of St. Juan Diego and the Tilma in Mexico that led to numerous conversions.

Pelagia

Ljiljana1972

While the B sides of the Western phil canon wait here is a thread on The Pantokrator Xenon, the Byz hospital that you cannot hear a lot about at the

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wdlindsy

Much media coverage treats US Catholicism as divided into two very distinct and warring camps. But from where I stand as someone shoved to the margins by the institution, who

Arun

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It's three days of time off, and I don't really have much to do. Calls for a Twitter thread.Some years ago, I spent a week living with the monks in

Tugba Tanyeri-Erdemir

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Panagia Soumela (Greek Orhodox) in Trabzon and the Cathedral of Holy Cross (Armenian) on Akthamar Island in Van were restored and opened as museums in 2010; the Turkish government allowed

Gayatri Jayaraman

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U Anang Singh Deo met me in Dharamshala a couple of years ago, glanced at my palm for about a second, and said only two lines to me - "in

Ciarán Seraphim ☘

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(1/3)Father Melchizedek was considered the strictest monk in the strictest monastery in all of Russia, reaching the very highest degree of ascetic withdrawal from the world.The novice monks were terrified

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