The epic Himalayan pilgrimage: 5 sacred places from Amarnath to Leh’s monasteries
This journey is less about reaching a destination and more about the moments in between—chanting with monks, catching your ...
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Angry friars plan to barricade themselves in historic Florence monastery destined for sale to developer
The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their lives to silent prayer inside Florence’s Santo Spirito monastery, are preparing to go into battle over ...
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Gelati Monastery
Founded in 1106 in the west of Georgia, the Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength and economic growth between the 11th and 13th ...
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Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the ...