Monasteries of Europe

Season 1

5 episodes · Dec 3, 2018

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  • At the Water's Edge
    S1E1

    At the Water's Edge

    Dec 3, 201852m

    Monks and sisters built impressive buildings at the water's edge : Mont-Saint-Michel (France) animated by the Fraternities of Jerusalem or the monastery of the Benedictines on Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria (Germany)…

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  • From the Back of the World
    S1E2

    From the Back of the World

    Dec 4, 201852m

    Sisters and brothers often sought to isolate themselves until they reached the end of the world. Saint Gregory of Tatev in Armenia hides at the top of an inaccessible mountain. It is animated by a single monk, an exception!

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  • Unusual
    S1E3

    Unusual

    Dec 5, 201852m

    Monasteries that are both timeless and in our time. In Bavaria, a monastery that animates the economic and cultural life of the region. In Georgia, a monastery in a troglodyte site.

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  • Pilgrimages
    S1E4

    Pilgrimages

    Dec 6, 201852m

    St. Nino in Georgia is a monastery animated by sisters who have restored this ravaged site by the communists. The source discovered by Saint Nino in the 4th century according to tradition attracts pilgrims again. Santiago de Compostela is the destination of the biggest pilgrimage in Europe.

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  • Souvenirs
    S1E5

    Souvenirs

    Dec 7, 201852m

    Mont Sainte Odile has artistic treasures including the astonishing mosaic of the Gentile and Bordet artists celebrating the Victory of the Allies against Nazism. The Benedictine monastery of Göttweig is known for its library, its thirty-two thousand engravings including Dürer and Michelangelo and these moving statuettes of the Madonna with foeutus.

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