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Stavropoleos Monastery
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Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania. Its church
The monastery in April 2021
The monastery in April 2021
Handmade paintings and chandeliers
Handmade paintings and chandeliers
Photograph from 1865 by Carol Szathmari
Photograph from 1865 by Carol Szathmari
Icon of Archangel Michael (1756) in the collection of the monastery. He is one of the patron saints of the church.
Icon of Archangel Michael (1756) in the collection of the monastery. He is one of the patron saints of the church.
Stauropolis (diocese)
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Stauropolis is the former metropolitan see of Caria in Asia Minor within the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
Stavropoleos Monastery
…economically sustained with the incomes from the inn (a relatively common situation in those times). In 1726 abbot Ioannikios was elected metropolitan of Stavropolis and exarch of Caria. Since then the monastery he built is named Stavropoleos, after the name of the old seat. On February 7, 1742 Ioannikios, aged 61…
Ruins at Stauropolis
Ruins at Stauropolis