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Are there monks in Louisiana? What to know as Walk for Peach crosses US

Monks are individuals devoted to religious servitude, and they are not specific to any one religion. Here are the abbeys and ...
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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

1,400-year-old Judean Desert finds reveal Christian pilgrimage trade

The latest discoveries in the Judean Desert are not just spectacular artifacts, they are hard evidence that Christian ...
Yahoo

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 ...
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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 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN

Peace walk monks stop at Snellville temple for special visit

A group of Buddhist monks walking thousands of miles across the country in a call for peace and unity arrived in Gwinnett ...
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 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta on MSN

Monks in Decatur: Walk of Peace greeted with open arms

"We all are needing the same thing and that’s peace and love." Nineteen Buddhist monks held a peace rally in Decatur on ...
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, ...

Gold treasure survives 1,400 years at ancient Christian monastery in biblical Judean Desert

Israeli archaeologists discovered rare 1,400-year-old gold treasure at an ancient monastery site in Judean Desert, including Byzantine coins and an ornate ring.