The idea caught on, and other places followed: Upon his return from the Council of Serdica, Athanasius of Alexandria established the first Christian monastery in Europe circa 344 near modern-day Chirpan in Bulgaria. Mar Awgin founded a monastery on Mount Izla above Nusaybin in Mesopotamia (~350), and from this monastery the cenobitic tradition spread in Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Georgia and even India and China. Mar Saba organized the monks of the Judaean Desert in a monastery close to Bethlehem (483), and this is considered the mother of all monasteries of Eastern Orthodoxy. Benedict of Nursia founded the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy (529), which was the seed of Roman Catholic monasticism in general, and of the Order of Saint Benedict in particular. The Carthusians were founded by Bruno of Cologne at the Grande Chartreuse, from which the religious Order takes its name, in the eleventh century as an eremitical community, and remains the motherhouse of the Order. Jerome and Paula of Rome decided to go and live a hermit's life in Bethlehem and founded several monasteries in the Holy Land. This way of life inspired the foundation of the Hieronymites in Spain and Portugal. The Monastery of Santa María del Parral in Segovia is the motherhouse of the Order.
The idea caught on and other places followed Upon his return from the Council of Serdica Athanasius of Alexandria established the first Christian monastery in Europe circa 344 near modern-day Chirpan in Bulgaria Mar Awgin founded a monastery on Mount Izla above Nusaybin in Mesopotamia (~350) and from this monastery the cenobitic tradition spread in Mesopotamia Persia Armenia Georgia and even India and China Mar Saba organized the monks of the Judaean Desert in a monastery close to Bethlehem (483) and this is considered the mother of all monasteries of Eastern Orthodoxy Benedict of Nursia founded the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy (529) which was the seed of Roman Catholic monasticism in general and of the Order of Saint Benedict in particular The Carthusians were founded by Bruno of Cologne at the Grande Chartreuse from which the religious Order takes its name in the eleventh century as an eremitical community and remains the motherhouse of the Order Jerome and Paula of Rome decided to go and live a hermit's life in Bethlehem and founded several monasteries in the Holy Land This way of life inspired the foundation of the Hieronymites in Spain and Portugal The Monastery of Santa María del Parral in Segovia is the motherhouse of the Order