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They Thought They Had Discovered the Remains of a Byzantine Ascetic Monk, but What They Found Left Them Speechless
Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem.
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Monks of Westminster
The stone is Gris d'Alesia and the inscription reads: In memory of the monks of Westminster 1065-1540: 1556-1559 this figure was placed in the chapel of St Benedict 1968. The Benedictine monastery at ...
Myanmar resistance group admits responsibility for killing of Buddhist monk it accused of army ties
A local resistance group fighting against the military government in Myanmar has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s eastern regi ...
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Vietnamese monks change pilgrimage route to birthplace of Buddhism
A popular Vietnamese monk and his companions have headed to Malaysia from Thailand after they failed to enter war-torn ...
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Benedictine monastery
The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the black habit of the Order of St Benedict, who had originally established the Benedictine rules for the monks of his own abbey at Monte Cassino in Italy about ...