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| MK_MONAST_09 The young and at the majority international nuns have settled a nest dominated by rest and creation, where cosmopolitism theory gets together with religion modesty. Monastery of Holy Cross, Central Greece: Thebes
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Monastery , on the great ridge of the municipal district of Vayia in the Diocese of Thebes and Livadia, 10 km outside Thebes, is surrounded by lush valleys and sun-drenched fields making a picturesque setting for this unique outpost of multinational orthodoxy. The sisterhood of women is from the US, Armenia, Norway, Israel, Georgia, Romania, Germany, South Africa, Ukraine, Sweden and Lebanon, each of whom have earned scholarly distinctions before entering the sisterhood and continue in theological studies. Just as it accepts women from around the world, the monastery also welcomes visitors of all creeds. Tirelessly the Nuns cultivate the earth, raise lifestock, and keep bees and silkworms. In addition, they cultivate the arts of sacred sewing, gold embroidery, iconography, Byzantine sculpture etc...
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