Monasteries

21 photos of the Chung Tai Chan Buddhist temple in central Taiwan

13 photos of the Bellapais abbey and village, located on a mountainside near Kyrenia

17 photos of the Kykkos monastery in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus

28 photos of the Gelati monastery, a significant religious centre in Georgie and a UNESCO world heritage site

19 photos of the Bodbe monastery near Sighnaghi, a pilgrimage site in Georgia

16 photos of David Gareja, a Georgian monastery complex carved into the rock

15 photos of the Syrian Orthodox Deyr-az-Zaferan monastery near Mardin

28 photos of the Mor Gabriel monastery, the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world

13 photos of the Syrian Orthodox monastery of the mother of God in Hah

18 photos of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev monastery of the caves

26 photos of St. Michael's golden-domed monastery in Kiev

23 photos of the Święta Lipka sanctuary, a pilgrimage site in northeastern Poland