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A monastery is a home to monks and/or nuns. They spend nearly their entire lives there where they work, live and pray. A monastery usually has a chapel where the residents pray and assist at Mass. A church is the parish home of a community of Catholics where they together for the sacrifice of the Mass and other liturgies.
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What is the name for a building owned by The Catholic Church at which monks live?
Monastery for monks (males).Nunnery or convent for nuns (females).
What is the name for a large church?
A cathedral or monastery
Large church which is part of a monastery?
Minster
What is the name of an important church built as Part of a monastery?
Minster
Who owns convents and monasteries?
The church that is associated with that particular convent or monastery owns it.
What is a monastery for women?
The word for the monastery is convent for the Christianity and it is valid for both male and female. There is also the term nunnery for the Catholic church
What was a monastery built around?
A monastery was built around a abbey ,or church. On one side of the abbey was a courtyard. Across it stood the refectory or dining hall.
Where did st Benedict start up a monastery?
at his roman church where he grew up .
What is an archimandrite?
An archimandrite is a superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
Who commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi's Church of Santo Spirito?
abbot of the Monastery of Santo Spirito.
What is meant by the term katholikon?
A Katholikon (Greek: Καθολικόν) is the major temple (church building) of a monastery, or diocese in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Who is head of the Monastery?
The head monk in a monastery in the Catholic Church would be the Abbot. A recent foundation, or a dependent monastery may only have a prior as its head. Whereas in a big monastery the prior would be the second in charge after the Abbot. If the monastery is big enough there would also be a subprior.
