Strahov Monastery

by Joan Carroll

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Strahov Monastery

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Joan Carroll

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A spectacular view over the valley and the vineyards yards to Strahov Monastery in Prague, CR. Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1149 by Bishop Jindrich Zdik, Bishop John of Prague, and Duke Vladislav II. It is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world. It has been a working monastery practically ever since it was founded in 1143. Fire, the Hussite Wars, religious wars, and the Communists all failed to shut down this institution. Even when the members of the monastery were unable to live within its walls, they gathered wherever they could and nurtured the spirit of their House until they were able to return to the monastery complex.The Premonstratensians are an order of canons regular founded in 1120 by St Norbert. They are an integral part of the Roman Catholic Church, not only as an organizational, legal, and independent unit, but also, and especially, they are an integral spiritual element of the Church. Ever since their establishment, a move seen as an attempt to reform canonical and clerical life, the Premonstratensians have tried to live in the spirit of their order's five ends: the singing of the Divine Office, the spirit of habitual penance, a special devotion to the Holy Eucharist, a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and zeal for the salvation of souls. Strahov Abbey and its members also pursue this way of life. Maybe oddly, maybe not, there is also a brewery onsite: the Strahov Monastic Brewery. The first documentation on the brewery come form the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. The decision on the construction of a new and fully functional brewery, where the restaurant is today, was made by Abbot Kaspar Questenberg in 1628. The brewery was closed in 1907, and the buildings were used solely as farm houses. The brewery was restored in 2000 during an extensive and difficult reconstruction of the entire complex, now offering guests various beers as well as food.

FEATURED PHOTO, Prague group, 8/28/14

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FEATURED PHOTO, Artist News 1 Daily group, 3/21/13

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March 21st, 2013

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