Chevetogne Abbey, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 23 relations: Abbot, Amay, Belgium, Benedictines, Brussels, Byzantine Rite, Canonical hours, Catholic Church, Ciney, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Eastern Catholic Churches, Jesuits, Lambert Beauduin, Latin Church, Luxembourg, Meuse, Monastery, Namur Province, Philippe Bär, Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius XI, Rallis Kopsidis, Russian Orthodox Church.

2. Benedictine monasteries in Belgium
3. Catholic–Eastern Orthodox ecumenism
4. Christian monasteries in Namur (province)
5. Ciney
6. Eastern Catholic monasteries in Europe

Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.

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Amay

Amay (Ama) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian church of Constantinople.

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Canonical hours

In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark the divisions of the day in terms of fixed times of prayer at regular intervals.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Ciney

Ciney (Cînè) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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Désiré-Joseph Mercier

Désiré Félicien François Joseph Mercier (21 November 1851 – 23 January 1926) was a Belgian cardinal of the Catholic Church and a noted scholar.

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Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Lambert Beauduin

Lambert Beauduin, OSB (August 5, 1873 – January 11, 1960) was a Belgian Benedictine monk who founded the monastery now known as Chevetogne Abbey in 1925.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxemburg; Luxembourg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in Western Europe.

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Meuse

The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Namur Province

Namur (Namen; Nameur) is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium.

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Philippe Bär

Ronald Philippe Bär, (born July 29, 1928) is a retired Dutch Roman Catholic bishop.

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Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.

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Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI (Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was the Bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939.

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Rallis Kopsidis

Rallis Kopsidis (Ράλλης Κοψίδης; 1929 – 14 August 2010) was a Greek painter and writer from Lemnos, Greece.

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Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Moskovskiy patriarkhat), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.

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See also

Benedictine monasteries in Belgium

• Abbey of Saint-Hubert
• Affligem Abbey
• Aldeneik Abbey
• Aulne Abbey
• Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden
• Brogne Abbey
• Chevetogne Abbey
• Dendermonde Abbey
• Ename Abbey
• Ermeton Abbey
• Florennes Abbey
• Forest Abbey
• Gembloux Abbey
• Keizersberg Abbey
• Kortenberg Abbey
• Lobbes Abbey
• Maredret Abbey
• Maredsous Abbey
• Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent
• Saint-Ghislain Abbey
• Saint-Martin Abbey, Tournai
• Sint-Truiden Abbey
• St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges
• Ten Putte Abbey
• Vlierbeek Abbey
• Waulsort Abbey

Catholic–Eastern Orthodox ecumenism

• Aaron the Tyrant
• Balamand declaration
• Bull of Union with the Greeks
• Catholic–Eastern Orthodox relations
• Catholic–Orthodox Joint Declaration of 1965
• Chevetogne Abbey
• Hesychasm
• Ieremia Cecan
• Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill
• Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
• North American Orthodox–Catholic Theological Consultation
• Oriental College of Eichstätt
• Paisios Ligarides
• Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Ravenna Document
• Sister church
• Udriște Năsturel
• Zoghby Initiative

Christian monasteries in Namur (province)

• Boneffe Abbey
• Brogne Abbey
• Chevetogne Abbey
• Floreffe Abbey
• Florennes Abbey
• Gembloux Abbey
• Grandpré Abbey
• Maredret Abbey
• Maredsous Abbey
• Rochefort Abbey
• Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse
• Waulsort Abbey

Ciney

• Bocq
• Chevetogne Abbey
• Ciney
• Ciney (beer)
• Condroz
• Haversin Castle
• Jannée Castle
• Leignon Castle
• List of protected heritage sites in Ciney
• Skanifest
• War of the Cow

Eastern Catholic monasteries in Europe

• Chevetogne Abbey
• Nicula Monastery
• Niederaltaich Abbey

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevetogne_Abbey

Also known as Amay Abbey, Amay Priory, Irénikon, Monastery of Chevetogne.