Nun facts for kids

A nun

Nun is a woman who made a special vow (or promise) dedicating herself to a religious life. Catholic nuns are said to "take the veil" as a symbol of their new life. Roman Catholic nuns are the most commonly thought of nuns in the West, but nuns are found in different forms of Christianity as well as non-Christian religions such as Buddhism. A fully ordained Buddhist nun is called a bhikkhuni or bhiksuni; ordained novices are sāmaṇerī. A nun is the female version of a monk.

Images for kids

A Chinese nun ascending steps on Mount Putuo Shan island
St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict and foundress of the Benedictine nuns
Maria Johanna Baptista von Zweyer, Abbess of the Cistercian abbey of Wald
Bridgettine Sisters at the March For Life in Washington, D.C., January 2009
Sister Rosália Sehnem of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
A sister of the Theresienne Sisters of Basankusu wearing a brightly coloured habit, riding a motor-bike, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2013
Saint Sophia of Suzdal, wearing the full monastic habit of a Schemanun
Two Anglican nuns
Bursfelde Abbey has continued as a Lutheran convent since A.D. 1579
Ebstorf Abbey continued as a Lutheran convent in the Benedictine tradition since 1529.