"Pandhof next to the Dom Church." Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It ...

A recent archaeological study in Jerusalem has shed light on the presence of an Armenian monastic community in the Holy City ...

They are the last regional remains of this culture that are still in a satisfactory state of integrity and authenticity. Furthermore, as places of pilgrimage, the monastic ensembles are living ...

Cemetery 1 was used for ad sanctos (religious) burials, Cemetery 2 was for burials of the monastic community, Cemetery 3 was the resting place of layman people, while the purpose of Cemetery 4 was ...

It engaged in the organized transmission of knowledge over an uninterrupted period of 800 years. The historical development of the site testifies to the development of Buddhism into a religion and the ...

Vaidehi Taman's latest book, Monastic Life: Inspiring Tales of Embracing Monkhood, was officially launched by Mahamandaleshwar Dr. Umakantanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj and other esteemed spiritual ...