Sentence examples for historic monastery from inspiring English sources

Today the Orthodox archbishopric of Mount Sinai, with the historic monastery of St. Catherine, still enjoys this privilege.

It is the site of an historic monastery and associated 12th-century church.

On the morning of 15 February 1944, 142 B-17 Flying Fortress, 47 B-25 Mitchell and 40 B-26 Marauder medium bombers deliberately dropped 1,150 tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs on the abbey, reducing the historic monastery to a smoking mass of rubble.

The latter include hundreds of small hamlets, clusters of farmsteads, and, deep in the mountains, a handful of historic monasteries.

The Russian Orthodox Church, with 165 million members by far the largest in the Orthodox family, last month issued a statement along with Moscow's Foreign Ministry about what they said were attacks on revered historic monasteries in Kiev and Pochayiv in western Ukraine.

The 14-year-old's escape from Tibet's historic Tsurphu Monastery is an embarrassment for China.

It also has deepened support for the Dalai Lama, welcoming him to an historic Buddhist monastery in Tawang last fall, despite Beijing's protests.

The position at Cassino was dominated by an historic Benedictine monastery.

Cusco, Peru - Besides being the main entry point for those looking to explore the Andes and Machu Picchu, the World Heritage city of Cusco is full of historic temples, monasteries, and gorgeous colonial homes.

In the centre of Kiev, beside the historic Pecherskaya Lavra monastery, is a building that since the 19th century has been at the forefront of the country's fight against infectious diseases.

Rural Bhutan has become popular with cyclists and hikers – dozens of historic Buddhist temples, monasteries and royal palaces, often precariously hugging cliff sides, serve as ideal targets for energetic excursions.