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Lists of monasteries cover monasteries, buildings or complexes of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). The lists are organized by country or territory, by denomination, by order and by form.
1.1 Christian. 2 Arizona. Toggle Arizona subsection. 2.1 Christian. 3 Arkansas. ... The following is an incomplete list of monasteries in the United States. Alabama
Pages in category "Lists of Christian monasteries" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ss. Mary and Martha Monastery, Wagener, South Carolina. Mother Thekla. Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery, Otego, New York. Mother Raphaela. Our Lady of the Sign Monastery (Nuns of New Skete), Cambridge, New York. Mother Cecelia. New Skete Monasteries; Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Mother Christophora.
List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. As of 2016 [update] , the Catholic Church has 3,600 abbeys and monasteries worldwide. [ 1 ]
Christian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland (9 C, 61 P) Christian monasteries in Israel (4 C) Christian monasteries in Italy (4 C, 4 P) J.
Christian monks did not live in monasteries at first; rather, they began by living alone as solitaries, as the word monos might suggest. As more people took on the lives of monks, living alone in the wilderness, they started to come together and model themselves after the original monks nearby.
A monastery is a community of religious monastics and the building or complex of buildings where they live and work. The technical definition of a monastery differs somewhat from its common usage; in Christianity, a monastery is a community of monastics, chiefly of the cloistered orders. A monastery for female monastics may be called a nunnery.