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Visit Mission Santa Inés, Solvang, California
Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynez) is a Spanish mission in the present-day city of Solvang, California, and named after St. Agnes of Rome. Founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepci&... -
See Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona
Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. Named in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino for a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), the Mission is also known as the "place where the water ... -
Go on Mission Trip
A short-term mission (STM) is the mobilization of a Christian missionary for a short period of time ranging from days to a year; many short-term missions are called mission trips. The short-term missionary is a fairly recent innovation in the global missions movement, but many short-term missions agencies are seeing an increased number of trips that consist of a week ... -
Visit Mogao Caves (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas), China (UNESCO site)
The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves) form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spann... -
Stay at Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, New York
Surrounded by a 40,000 acre natural area, you are truly a world apart in our award-winning Spa, was just voted the Number One Resort Spa in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. The Spa has also been recognized as one of the top three hotel and resort spas in the United States and Canada by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine. Mohonk Mountain Hou... -
See Mokuaikaua Church, Kailua-Kona, Big Island, Hawaii
Mokuaikaua Church is the oldest Christian church in the Hawaiian Islands. Its address is 75-5713 Aliʻi Drive in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. The congregation was first founded in 1820 by Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston, from the first ship of American Christian Missionaries, the brig Thaddeus. They were given permission to teach Christianity to KingKamehameh... -
See Moldovița Monastery, Romania (UNESCO site)
The Moldovița Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery situated in the commune of Vatra Moldoviței, Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania. The Monastery of Moldovița was built in 1532 by Petru Rareș, who was Stefan the Great's (in Romanian Ștefan cel Mare) illegitimate son. It was founded as a protective barrier against the Muslim Ottoman conquerors from the East. This... -
See Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin, Armenia (UNESCO site)
Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia. Described as a "masterpiece of religious architecture and a major center of learning in the Middle Ages", this venerable institution of the Armenian Apostolic Church was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1996. The monastery was founded by Saint Nishan (... -
See Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Spain
The Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes (Monastery of Saint John of the Kings) is a historic monastery in Toledo, Spain, built by the Catholic Monarchs (1477–1504). The monastery is an example of Gothic style with Spanish and Flemish influences. Its church is in the form of a Latin cross, with short arms, an elongated nave (approximately 50 meters in length, and... -
Visit Monastero di Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. The Basilica church of Santa Chiara faces Via Benedetto Croce, which is the easternmost leg of Via Spaccanapoli. The church facade of Santa Chiara is diagonally across from the church of Gesù Nuovo. The double monastic ... -
Visit Monastery Fotodoti, Naxos, Greece
The Monastery of Christi Fotodotis is located in Danakos, Naxos. Originally the monastery was founded in the 6th century AD and tradition says that it was constructed by a Byzantine princess after she was saved by the rough sea in the region. -
Hike to Monastery Katholiko (St John the Hermit Church), Crete, Greece
Monastery Katholiko is considered to be the oldest monatry in Crete. The trailhead is located at Gouverneto Monastery on the north side of Akrotiri in Chania. Ut was founded during the 11th century by St. John the Hermit who loved in a cave near the monastery. There is no water anywhere along the trail so bring enough water. -
Visit Monastery of Agios Nectarios, Aegina Island, Saronic Islands, Greece
Monastery of Agios Nectarios, dedicated to Nectarios of Aegina, a recent saint of the Greek Orthodox Church. Saint Nectarios of Aegina (1846-1920), Greek: Άγιος Νεκτάριος Αιγίνης, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, was officially recognized as a Sa... -
See Monastery of Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Tochimilco, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Asunción de Nuestra Señora monastery in Tochimilco receives water from the volcano via a long aqueduct which brings the liquid directly into the building as well as to a 16th century fountain in the plaza of the town. The inner walls of the atrium have niches for each of the Stations of the Cross. This monastery was affected by an earthquake in 1999,... -
See Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley, Armenia (UNESCO site)
The monastery of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred sprin...
