This will be may last Arizona post, and is rather long. We visited this beautiful monastery, located about 10 miles outside of Florence, Arizona. St. Anthony's Monastery was founded in 1995. A true oasis in the middle of the desert! There were beautiful well established trees and flowers on the grounds as well as small chapels scattered throughout. The fountains were not running for some reason, and most of the flowers right now were the roses, but it was all very beautiful and peaceful. I will not go heavily into identifications of the buildings, because I might get something wrong. I tried to keep the different building photos separate, but some got mixed up anyway.
Love these beautiful Bottle Brush trees.
The wood carvings in the chapels were beautiful and intricate.
The Monastery cat :-)
Wonderful architecture.
There was a dress code.....for women, long skirts, long sleeves and a scarf.
The Greek Cross.
Saw a new bird....a Hooded Oriole, but didn't get a clear shot.
Orchards on the grounds.
Walking the paths through the trees was very peaceful.
One of the carved thrones. I believe this is the Bishop's Throne.
Huge amazing chandeliers, but hard to photograph. I tried with flash and without flash...still poor.
Bell tower at St. Demetrios' Chapel
Love the roof!
One of the wood ceilings
Center of the chandelier.
Each chapel had chairs like this....the seats fold and the men stand in them or can fold down the seat and sit if tired. Called stasidia.
I know this is St. George's Chapel. You can just see the carving of St. George slaying the dragon on the left door.
St. Nicholas' Chapel
Sorry, I haven't typed in lots of information, but there is just too much. A beautiful place to visit!
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