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Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...
Archaeology

Recovering Hidden Texts

At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection St. Catherine’s Monastery was built at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the 6th ...
Time

The Medieval Monk’s Guide to New Year’s Resolutions

Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia specializing in the early Middle Ages, and the author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s time for ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

1,400-year-old gold coins found at Christian monastery in Judean Desert

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The beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting of the Gyuto Monks of Tibet

“Without any question, they represent the spirit and culture of Tibet at its highest level.” –Philip Glass, composer UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures presents the beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting ...
Greek Reporter

“We Are Not Tourists”: 82% of Mount Athos Visitors Identify as Pilgrims

Greek Reporter. Mount Athos remains a destination where spirituality predominates, attracting visitors driven by faith rather ...
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Monks ‘attack rival with garden tools’ at remote sanctuary

A violent clash at a monastic sanctuary on Greece's Mount Athos has left an Orthodox Christian monk in hospital, reigniting a decades-old religious dispute. The monk, transferred from the isolated ...
The Columbian

Monk keeps faith at Greek cliffside monastery

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...
Iowa Public Radio

These Buddhist monks want their faith to be known for more than just mindfulness

Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject. My kids learn mindfulness ...
National Catholic Reporter

In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that's little changed since its founding more than a millennium ...
The Gazette

Tibetan Buddhist monks create a slice of world peace in Colorado Springs, one grain of sand at a time

Pleasant, intriguing humming produced by thin metal funnels painstakingly being rubbed together at the hands of Tibetan Buddhist monks, who this week are creating a sand mandala in Colorado Springs, ...