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hexennacht: Apse of the Gelati monastery, Kutasi, Imereti, Georgia with natural light.
One of the most visited sites on Aegina is the church of miracle healer Agios Nektarios (Saint Nectarios) and the monastery of Agia Triada (The Holy Trinity) that is located on a higher level overlooking the church.
A wonderful monastery in the Troodos hills in Cyprus.
I was visiting St. Bishoy's Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Monastery which is around 120 miles south of Cairo. While I was takin a shot of the domes of the church I saw this monk walking through. I thought this would make a great picture. For a download of this image or poster of this picture i'll add a link to my Tradebit store and Ebay store soon. Thanks!
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North Apse of the Red Monastery Church. Late antique portraits of the Shenoute Federation's four "founding fathers" in niches below the semidome painting of the Nursing Virgin. The Niche in the middle register of the north lobe, showing St. Shenoute.
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8 places with the most beautiful Romanian monasteries Romania is undoubtedly one of the countries with some of the most beautiful churches and monasteries, which are visited every year by numerous pilgrims and tourists interested in seeing interesting architectural details. From wooden painted churches, the fortified churches included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, to monuments of Gothic architecture and those of the Byzantine or Brancoveanu style, many monasteries in Romania are a perfect mirror of the Romanian spirituality and culture. Romania has some of the most beautiful monasteries, included by tourists in their itineraries, regardless if they are interested in the spiritual aspect, or just on the architecture and art works that can be admired during on a trip to Romania. The painted churches from Bucovina Located in Suceava county, eight Churches of the Moldavia – Bucovina region entered the UNESCO World Heritage list. Seven of them - Arbore, Humor, Moldovita, Patrauti, Probota, Suceava and Voronet - are part of World Heritage since 1993, while Sucevita was included in 2010. The churches were built in the late fifteenth century and in the sixteenth century by Stefan the Great (Stefan cel Mare) - Voronet and Patrauti and by other Moldavian rulers. The monasteries are about 450-500 km away from Bucharest, and in the Bucovina region there are numerous other important monasteries, such as Bogdana Monastery or Rasca Monastery in Radauti. Voronet, famous worldwide for its blue wall color – “Voronet blue” (a shiny azure color), was founded by Stefan the Great in 1488. At the same time, among the colors used are the red characteristic to Humor and the green from Arbore. On the outer walls of the monasteries, various biblical scenes are painted, such as
