Christmas food: Convent-made delicacies help monks and nuns win fans and pay the bills
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, report…
Bible page returns to UK’s Glastonbury Abbey 800 years after its creation
Norwich, UK An ancient Bible page has returned to Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset some 800 years after it was created by the monks there. The double-sided page is roughly A5 in size, made from vellum (prepared animal skin), written in Latin and features ornate lettering as well as full colour decoration. The Bible page on […]
Benedictine monks and nuns return to St Edmundsbury in England for the first time in 500 years
Hundreds of Benedictine monks and nuns descended on St Edmundsbury Cathedral in England’s east last weekend as part of the cathedral’s 1000 year celebrations – the first time such a gathering had been seen in the country in almost 500 years. The monks and nuns came from across the UK as well as countries including Belgium […]
Romanian monks welcome Ukrainian refugees at medieval monastery
Putna, Romania Reuters When 75-year-old Svetlana and her family from the city of Krivoy Rog in central Ukraine reached the snow-covered Putna Monastery in the rolling hills of north-eastern Romania, they had been on the road for four days. The monks living at the remote 15th century Romanian Orthodox monastery, a pilgrimage site that sits […]
Greece’s Mount Athos elders trust God and science to protect them from COVID
Mount Athos, GreeceReuters In the chapel of a monastery on Greece’s Mount Athos, Father Makarios read the Gospel while conducting a liturgy as he waited for his anti-coronavirus vaccination. He knows when to separate religion from science, he says. Father Makarios, 70, who was ill from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last summer, leads the orthros […]
Egypt executes monk for murder of bishop at monastery
Cairo, EgyptReuters Authorities carried out the death penalty on an Egyptian monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk’s brother told Reuters on Sunday. Wael Saad and Ramon Rasmi Mansour, known by their monastic names Isaiah al-Makari and Faltaous al-Makari, were convicted of the killing of Bishop Epiphanius, […]
Russian monk denying coronavirus takes control of monastery
Moscow, RussiaAP A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus’ existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin’s lockdown orders has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains. Fr Sergiy showed up Tuesday at the Sredneuralsk women’s monastery that he had founded years ago and took charge. Scores of volunteers, including battle-hardened […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: Music therapist and recording artist Anna Waters’ releases ‘Sunshine’
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WORK
Most would agree that finding meaningful work is important for our quality of life, but once upon a time – work was looked upon with contempt. The remains of Whitby Abbey in England where monks once worshipped. PICTURE: Kirsten Dew/Unsplash Work was for slaves, the oppressed, and those defeated in war. To have to labour was to be […]
Oldest Christian site in UAE opened to the public
The oldest Christian site in the United Arab Emirates was formally opened to the public last week. The church and monastery, which has been informally visited for some years, is believed to be about 1,400-years-old and was discovered in 1992 on Sir Bani Yas Island, about 200 kilometres west of the capital of Abu Dhabi. […]