| Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah | |
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  Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah Location in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°18′33.14″N15°24′47.75″E / 46.3092056°N 15.4132639°E Coordinates: 46°18′33.14″N15°24′47.75″E / 46.3092056°N 15.4132639°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Styria |
| Statistical region | Savinja |
| Municipality | Slovenske Konjice |
| Elevation | 372.3 m (1,221.5 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 19 |
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Špitalič pri Slovenskih Konjicah (pronounced [ʃpiˈtaːlitʃ pɾi slɔˈʋeːnskix kɔˈnjiːtsax] ) is a small village in the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice in the Styria region of Slovenia.
A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
Slovenske Konjice is a town and a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The area was part of the traditional region of Styria.
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers 20,273 square kilometers (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The church in the village, dedicated to the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the only remaining part of the Ecclesia minor (lay monastery) associated with the nearby Carthusian monastery. [2]
In the past, the term lay brother and lay sister was used within some Christian religious institutes to distinguish members who were not ordained from those members who were clerics. This term is now considered controversial by some because of the history of inequality between Brothers and clerics. The term "lay" has also been used in the past to designate someone as "uneducated" in contrast to "illiterate". Instead, the term "religious Brother" or simply "Brother" is appropriate when referring to a professed male religious who is neither a priest, deacon, nor seminarian. The vocational title "Brother" is generally capitalized to distinguish it from the word "brother" in the sense of "a male sibling".
