laura

Japanese: laura
laura

...His Coptic rule was soon translated into Greek and Latin and circulated widely throughout Eastern and Western Europe, and his student Eugenius and 70 monks carried the method as far away as Nisibis in Mesopotamia.
[Eastern Monasteries]
The forms of monasticism in the Orient were diverse. In Gaza and Judaea in Palestine, the most common form was the scattered monastery, called laura, and in Syria, there were many monks who performed asceticism on high pillars, and the ruins of a monastery called "Simeon's Castle" (Qal'at Semaan Monastery) remain to this day. It was the Armenian bishop Eustathios (c. 300-c. 377) who spread monasticism to the desolate Cappadocia region in the north of Syria, but Basil, who became a monk at Eustathios's recommendation, is more famous historically.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Laura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼がコプト語で書いた戒律は早くからギリシア語やラテン語に訳されて,東西ヨーロッパに広く流布したし,彼の弟子エウゲニウスEugeniusと70人の修道士とはこの方式を遠くメソポタミアのニシビスにまで伝えた。
[東方の修道院]
 オリエント諸地方の修道形態は多様であって,パレスティナのガザやユダイアではラウラlauraと呼ばれる散居修道院の形式が多かったし,シリアでは高い柱の上で苦行する柱頭行者が多く,〈シメオンの城〉と名付けられた修道院遺跡(カラト・セマーン修道院)はその一端を今日にまで伝えている。シリアの北方の荒涼たるカッパドキア地方に修道制を広めたのはアルメニアの主教エウスタティオスEustathios(300ころ‐377ころ)であるが,ここでは彼の勧めで修道士となったバシレイオスの方が歴史上著名である。…

※「laura」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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