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List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland information


This is a list of current and former Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women.[1]

  1. ^ Despite their names, the Abbaye des Écharpes Blanches (Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine) at Montreux and the Abbaye d'Echallens are not religious houses but very long-established shooting associations, founded for self-defence purposes

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List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland

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This is a list of current and former Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S...

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Lists of tourist attractions in Switzerland

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List of Christian monasteries in Austria

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This is an incomplete list of Christian religious houses in Austria, including those in territory historically Austrian but now in other countries, both...

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List of Carthusian monasteries

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a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint...

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List of Cistercian monasteries

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are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during...

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Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of Austria Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic...

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Einsiedeln Abbey

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is a Catholic monastery administered by the Benedictine Order in the village of Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The Abbey of Einsiedeln is one of the most important...

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Dissolution of the monasteries

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The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between...

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Monastic community of Mount Athos

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(Χερσόνησος του Άθω) in respect to the peninsula. The community includes 20 monasteries and the settlements on which they depend. The monasteries house around...

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List of Cistercian monasteries in France

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is a list of Cistercian monasteries in France, including current and former Cistercian abbeys, and a few priories, on the current territory of France...

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Christianity in Turkey

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a multitude of mostly Syriac Orthodox churches, monasteries and ruins. Settlements in Tur Abdin include Midyat. The Christian community in Midyat is supplemented...

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On the west bank of the Jordan River near Jericho. Has many abandoned Christian monasteries, only the Greek Orthodox monastery of St John has reopened...

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Christian monasticism

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'monk'), itself from μόνος (monos) meaning 'alone'. Christian monks did not live in monasteries at first; rather, they began by living alone as solitaries...

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Palestinian Christians

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Yizhar (2004). "The monasteries of Gaza: An archaeological review". In Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony; Aryeh Kofsky (eds.). Christian Gaza in Late Antiquity. Brill...

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Fribourg

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French-speaking Switzerland. Its Old City, one of the best-maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine. In 2018, it...

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List of oldest church buildings

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by Christian congregations for worship. The term church may be used in the sense of "Christian denomination" or in the singular as the Christian Church...

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Celtic Christianity

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movement founding new monasteries detached from family groupings. The monasteries of the Irish missions, and many at home, adopted the Rule of Saint Columbanus...

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History of Switzerland

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settlements on Swiss territory on the frontier of the Roman Empire. The first Christian bishoprics were founded in the fourth century. With the fall of the Western...

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Suppression of monasteries

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their means of subsistence. The page List of Christian monasteries in Germany enumerates both the monasteries which survived up to the present and those...

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Early history of Switzerland

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history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the...

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Christianity in the Middle East Religion in the Middle East Mor Mattai Monastery List of churches and monasteries in Nineveh Delegation Apostolic of Mesopotamia...

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List of monastic houses in England

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Wales List of monastic houses on the Isle of Man List of monastic houses in Ireland List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England List of cathedrals...

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Architecture of Switzerland

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Carolingian kings established several monasteries in Switzerland. One well preserved example of this style in Switzerland is Saint John Abbey, a UNESCO World...

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Medieval art

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the start of the medieval period most significant works of art were very rare and costly objects associated with secular elites, monasteries or major churches...

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Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire

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general course of political life. Those in Alsace and Switzerland passed out of the Empire in 1648, when Alsace was ceded to France and Switzerland became independent...

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Iona Abbey

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wider community. Like other Celtic Christian monasteries, Columba's monastery would have been made up of a number of wattle and timber, or wood and thatch...

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