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The monastery at daybreak. The Monastery of the Holy Spirit was founded on March 21, 1944, by 20 monks from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. The Archdiocese of Atlanta and silent film star Colleen Moore donated 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) of land, and the first monks lived in a barn while they built (by themselves) what would become known as the "pine board" monastery.
The monastery was founded in the 1380s by Duchess Uliana of Tver, wife of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Algirdas ordered the construction of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in this monastery. About 1392–1393, after Algirdas' death, Uliania took the vows of schema in her monastery. From the mid-17th century till 1839, the monastery was ...
The Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established in 1609 by the Orthodox Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity, which subsequently adopted the name Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit. [2] This brotherhood, consisting of several hundred members from both the artisan class and the aristocracy, had been active since 1585.
The Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit (Russian: Церковь Святого Духа; Lithuanian: Vilniaus Šv. Dvasios vienuolyno katedra ) is a Russian Orthodox church in the Vilnius Old Town , capital of Lithuania , rebuilt 1749–1753 in the Vilnian Baroque style. [ 1 ]
Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiú, New Mexico; Monastery of Our Lady of the Annunciation of Clear Creek, Hulbert, Oklahoma; Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers, Georgia; Monks of Mary, Sprague, Washington; Mount Angel Abbey, Saint Benedict, Oregon; Mount Michael Abbey, suburban Omaha, Nebraska; Mount Saviour Monastery, Elmira, New York
The monastery's museum collections holds the 15th century Ahd-Namah (the Order) of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror guaranteeing security and freedom to the Franciscans. This document allowed the Franciscans of the day to preach freely among the Catholics in BiH, which in turn enabled the preservation of Bosnian Catholicism through the centuries.
The Monastery of The Holy Spirit, known locally as Kirk Edge Convent is a Carmelite monastery for nuns. It is situated on Kirk Edge Road between the villages of Worrall and High Bradfield within the boundaries of the City of Sheffield, England. It is one of 18 carmels in the United Kingdom. [1]
At the time of its founding, it was the third monastic community of this denomination in Vilnius, alongside the male monasteries of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Trinity. The founding document of the Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene dates back to 9 November 1864.