Mepkin Abbey
Mepkin Abbey is a Trappist monastery in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The abbey is located near Moncks Corner, at the junction of the two forks of the Cooper River northwest of Charleston, and is located in the Diocese of Charleston.Photo: Race2Beach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in South Carolina, United States of America
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tabo Church and Strawberry Chapel.
Tabo Church
Church
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
Taveau Church, also known as Tavou Church, is a historic church located near Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a small clapboard Classical Revival structure on a low brick pier foundation. Tabo Church is situated 1 mile southeast of Mepkin Abbey.
Strawberry Chapel
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Strawberry Chapel is a parochial chapel of ease in the lower part of St. John's, Berkeley Parish in Berkeley County, South Carolina that was built in 1725. Strawberry Chapel is situated 2 miles southeast of Mepkin Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cordesville and Strawberry.
Cordesville
Hamlet
Cordesville is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The community is located on South Carolina Highway 402 8.7 miles east-southeast of Moncks Corner. Cordesville has a post office with ZIP code 29434. Cordesville is situated 4 miles east of Mepkin Abbey.
Strawberry
Hamlet
Strawberry is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Strawberry is situated 5 miles west of Mepkin Abbey.
Mepkin Abbey
- Categories: Trappist monastery, abbey, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Berkeley County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.11454° or 33° 6′ 52″ northLongitude
-79.95277° or 79° 57′ 10″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
8752427W+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 357094957OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q6817822
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Mepkin Abbey” goes by many names.
- French: “abbaye de Mepkin”
- French: “Abbaye de Mepkin”
- German: “Trappistenabtei Mepkin”
- Japanese: “メプキン修道院”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Luce Family Cemetery and Laurens Family Cemetery.
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