If you are interested enough about the religious trends here in Granada, the city also has a segregate portion where most of the religious people are found offering themselves to the Lord Jesus Christ. One of the popular Charterhouse in Granada is the La Cartuja Charterhouse. The Charterhouse is dramatically nestled at the north portion of the Plaza del Triunfo particularly in Granada.
This known finest church has a façade of a Baroque style of façade which was during the 17th century. The building was started to build since 1516 and even until now the building still standing proud of having the picturesque it has. It was in the figure of Pedro Anastasio Bocanegra who made the paintings on the ceiling portion of the Charterhouse. But the most stunning area of the church is the sacristy which was proposed by Luis de Arevalo having a blend of stucco decorations.
Since this Charterhouse is still located in the city of Granada, the visitors can easily access the church, no hassles to worry then since it is promising and accessible as well.
Talking about the Charterhouse; this place is actually immersed with choir monks and lay brothers. It is generally or best described as the society of solitary persons and it is headed by the prior. Individually, the choir monks are given his own hermitage, where the place is consists of wood storage, heating stove; which is basically found at the lower portion of the choir’s hermitage.
While on the second floor are consists of a small entrance way which was expectedly having the picture or perhaps the statue of Mother Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ appointed as the prayer area. There is also a huge sizeable room with sizeable bed, a separate table good for meals, and then a desk for the monks to study themselves since most of the monks are required to browse and study, and then of course a choir stall perhaps seat as well as kneeler for the monk’s prayers.
The monks are expectedly devotes his life living in this monastery serving God with daily prayers. Most of the things being done by the monks are praying, studying, writing and more which is related to the religion of course. Furthermore, the monks only leave his cell daily for three prayers done at the monastery chapel. The monks actually can expose themselves in the country side. They mostly are given four-hours of walk with the same monks and they are required to change partner every half hour.
During Sundays and Feast days, there are expected tranquil community meal happen. While twice of the year the community has a day-long community recreation and one of the monks were fortunate to have a sudden family visit.
Since it is not only the monks who were occupying the Charterhouse but as well as with the lay brothers; these individuals are responsible of cooking meals for the monks, making all the mess put into place, they are the ones who will provide the monks of magazines or books from the library.
Though life of the monks over the roof of the Charterhouse seems like boring, they are happy living with it serving God and no other else.
