英语词汇“monastery”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

For the young priest in training, life at the monastery soon settled into a predictable routine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

So many died that the tumbrils used to cart thieves to the gallows were repurposed to carry orphans to the monasteries and convents. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the afternoon, they came upon a Coptic monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monastery provided him with a home, and a place to read and learn. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then they went to the gardens at the far side of the monastery. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Here, round the King's castle, there were streets—not just one street—and castles of dependent barons, and monasteries, chapels, churches, cathedrals, markets, merchants’ houses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eye recovered, but Galileo never returned to the monastery and no more was said about becoming a monk. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Out ahead of us, yellow beams of sunlight hit the stone monastery and shine off the glass windows of the church. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The same thing has happened in Trappist monasteries throughout the centuries. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then he shipped you off to a monastery, so his wife wouldn’t find out? You probably don’t see him much. How sad.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I arrived at the Trappist monastery with its two thousand acres of wood and farmlands and entered the courtyard as the monks were chanting Vespers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a trip to Nuremberg and a chance to see the Führer in person, I would have promised to enter a monastery,” said Alfons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne said to him, “Come with us. Let’s stay together. You come to the monastery. How long could that take? Then we can go together and find your parents.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He invited me to go with him to visit Flannery O’Connor the next day, but I told him that since I had only a few hours, I felt I must spend them in the monastery. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, he had carried Robin to another part of the monastery, and showed him where records of everyday living were written and poems and psalteries copied. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

If I were to have my time again, the old King thought, I would bury myself in a monastery, for fear of a Doing which might lead to woe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were home to the monasteries and hospitals where the city's sick used to be brought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been blessed by priests back home—the Enlighteners, they were called, because their monastery was the Place of Full Enlightenment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

William, on the other hand, spoke the high French of the monastery, which was infused with Latin. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They stood in the courtyard of an old compound, like a monastery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His father was horrified, and when the boy developed an eye infection he whisked him away from the monastery to see a doctor in Florence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As they waited, hearts pounding from their flight from the monastery and the strange, terrifying encounter they had had there, Jeanne looked at Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But why complain about not being paid, when those people at the Buddhist monastery pay with their own money to do the same kind of work? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a century Guido's notation started popping up in monasteries almost everywhere. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished delivering the telegrams there’s enough time to go to the ancient monastery graveyard where my mother’s relations are buried, the Guilfoyles and the Sheehans, where my mother wants to be buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk and scientist, was working this out in his monastery at about the same time, but Charles was not aware of him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is why I was heartbroken when I learned that William had been expelled from the monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Walking to my job, I contemplate life in a monastery. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I began my recitation with the high spots—Thimphu, the capital; Mongar, a town in the east— and finished the cities before naming the monasteries. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Most of it he contributed anonymously to the monks of a local monastery—humble ascetics who had dedicated their lives to raising German police dogs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Once more the monastery kept its usual round of service to God and humanity. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I telephoned the Trappist monastery at Conyers, Georgia, about thirty miles away and asked if they would receive me for a short visit. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which, you can imagine, is a problem at a monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because there were few inns, the monasteries were open for the entertainment of wayfarers, rich and poor alike. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They returned to the gates of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the monasteries that took in foundlings, one was a flagellant order. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, near the bottom of the first sack, William saw a strange book—it looked beat-up and flimsy, as if made not in a monastery but by some amateur hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he came into our home, he immediately fixated on the house as a monastery, the bathroom as the most sacred monastic cell, and my mom as the Abbess. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps more fitting was a short note from one of the younger monks in the monastery: “Gentle, free-handed, and kindly....Flowers he loved.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The alchemist knocked on the gate of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no books in Elinor's kitchen, not one, but they ate an excellent supper there at a wooden table that came, so Elinor assured them, from the scriptorium of an Italian monastery. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I throw in a dab of secondhand Buddhism remembered from a friend’s account of a monastery in northern California where rich people pay to spend their weekends meditating and doing various menial chores, housework included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day she took some flat bread sweetened with honey and walked the three-hour journey along the trail to Cho-Lung-Se, where there was a monastery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They went to the kitchen at the back of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish Finch were here so we could say, Who dreams of building a monastery in Indiana? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

William’s voice could now be heard throughout the monastery: “Just as peasants can be popes and Jews can teach us the Bible and women can be disciples of Jesus, Muslims can save your very life!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t they? Tsar Kazimir is working with me to turn them into a monastery. That way, we can provide a place for study and prayer, away from the business of the city.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It either went underground, becoming esoteric or occult, or it was mislaid and would eventually turn up after centuries of lying neglected in some monastery library. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a home—not in the traditional sense—it was a monastery. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had been promoted to the position of abbot of the monastery in Brno, and his administrative responsibilities were now making it impossible for him to continue any plant studies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On clear nights Brother Hubert took him to a high tower of the monastery to tell him of the stars. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Ah, I do, I do! I am the librarian at the monastery where the boy called William grew up. I know him rather well." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Now, now, I gotta earn a living, don't I? I don't have some fancy monastery, giving me food, do I?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

One month later, on August 24, 1941, they arrived in Japan and went to the monastery, which was run by German monks, to start their jobs on the farm. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

There is a small group of Italian oblates at our monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were standing in front of the old chapel of the monastery. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As far as she knew, the monks had worked at desks with sloping tops in the scriptoria of their monasteries, but she kept this information to herself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I first heard of this monastery I laughed out loud, but now the image of dot-com moguls scrubbing for the good of their souls presents itself as a psychic flotation device. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Security of the Holy Spirit—they guard nunneries and monasteries and that….So we can’t go in that way.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His breed was devised in Tibet for the purpose of guarding monasteries. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In 1853, he had returned to the monastery and started work as a substitute teacher at the Brno Modern School. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

After we were fixed with beds in the high- ceilinged rooms of the partially restored Cistercian monastery, I began talking with some friends I had not seen since leaving the States. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He told her about the monks of Mount Athos, who in their zeal for purity banned not only women from their island monastery but the females of every other species, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Brother Khoi asks what if Father escaped to Tibet after shaving his head and joining a monastery? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Although his income was small, he had no taste for luxury—his experience in the monastery had solidified his natural asceticism while it developed his preference for solitude. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small patch of land in the monastery garden produced an overwhelming volume of data to analyze—twenty-eight thousand plants, forty thousand flowers, and nearly four hundred thousand seeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The outer court was far away at the other side of the monastery. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She was already awake—she believed in waking up with the dawn whenever possible—when she heard the bells of a Buddhist monastery chime from her phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s house was a large, bulky building, which might once have been the village hall, a disused monastery, or a school. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Unlike other such churches of the era, it is not planted at the city’s main plaza; instead, the cathedral and its monastery are in an enclosed compound a few blocks away. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

And Mendel, breeding peas and bees in his monastery garden, seems to have missed the full significance of his own studies for Darwinism. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

A few dozen monasteries have sprung up around the stupa. Cultured Traveler: Thin Places, Where We Are Jolted Out of Old Ways of Seeing the World 2012-03-09T21:51:17Z

And most famously, Blackfriars, a Dominican monastery on the western flank of the walled city, “with extensive river frontage,” in the Folger’s words, became an early example of waterfront urban development. Exhibition Review: Folger Library Traces London’s Rise 2012-06-28T22:04:46Z

“I’m not recommending people move into a monastery,” he said. In Search of Silence 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z

First is the crime: the murder of the choir director of a monastery in the deep woods of Quebec. New in crime fiction: Cleverly, Estleman, Koryta, Penny 2012-08-08T19:47:07Z

I bought them at museums in Tokyo and Gyeongju, South Korea; a bookstore in Kagoshima, Japan; and a monastery in Hong Kong that’s the site of the world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha. Are postcards a thing of the past? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

After lunch, we leave the calm monastery, crossing the highway that divides the town in two, and join the afternoon walking tour in the visitor’s center. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Amal was supposed to have a picnic with local children, the monasteries a scenic backdrop. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

The latter includes Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus, Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story and the beautiful episode in a monastery in wartime Italy in Rossellini's Paisa. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

But a sign that seemed to point to a monastery down a turnoff caught my eye. Frugal Traveler Blog: 5 Gems That Weren’t on My Itinerary 2013-04-10T14:39:19Z

Her most recent album, “Ouï,” was recorded in a former monastery, and at times it sounds like a one-woman sect reaching psychedelic nirvana. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

But theaters aren’t monasteries, and while some movies are better watched in shared, relative quiet, others are better suited to the call-and-response of the volubly engaged audience. In an Era of Streaming, Cinema Is Under Attack 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The head priest at the London Buddhist Vihara monastery has been invited primarily to show the royal family and the British government's respect for Buddhist tradition. British royal wedding guest list details emerge 2011-04-10T15:23:09Z

But Spanish sculpture mostly stayed put in the churches, monasteries and convents it was made for. With Splendor and Saints, Hispanic Society Shows Its Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

But it remains a wondrous destination for the adventurous traveler, full of captivating scenery, generous and friendly people, and accessible monasteries and holy places nearby. Cups of Tea, Pashminas and Momos, Seeing India’s Himalayas on a Budget 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

They spent nearly a year living with Aborigines in the Australian desert and visited Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India. Art Review | 'Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present': At MoMA, a Performance Artist Endures 2010-03-11T22:56:00Z

Yet Payne’s mother still managed to instill in her daughter the “respect for refined behavior and manners and etiquette” she had picked up before her marriage, when she worked at a Roman Catholic monastery. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

But this was the Christmas holiday break, with about half of the monastery residents away on vacation, so prayer schedules and duties are light and rules are relaxed. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

They are on view at, of all places, a former Franciscan monastery, which lies partly in roofless ruins. A Helping of Mexican Culture 2010-08-25T04:07:00Z

The destruction of the monasteries, in 1938 and ’39, was accompanied by the murder, jailing, and forced secularization of Mongolia’s monks. Photography: Bringing a Monastery Back to Life 2011-01-19T13:00:03Z

Mostly hidden from public view, however, is another garden at the monastery, one for herbs, roses and, increasingly in recent years, vegetable cultivation. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

She travelled to Afghanistan, and lived in a Tibetan monastery for a while. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I’ve got a very restless character. It’s a beast’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

After that, she said, she needed a break, perhaps in India or at a Tibetan monastery. Marina Abramovic Comes Home, and Comes Clean 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

Yet Medici wanted to leave a tangible mark, funding churches, hospitals, monasteries and orphanages. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

He clearly struggled deeply with giving up romantic love and sex when he entered the monastery. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

Just past the tiny village of Ilias, on the two-lane highway that weaves through the Ceraunian Mountains, a sign pointing down a narrow road indicated a monastery about two kilometers on. Frugal Traveler: On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise 2011-06-29T15:26:28Z

The Sviatohirsk monastery is the most famous and beautiful of them, but we also investigated a Soviet-era cultural center, a bilingual community library and a contemporary military commemoration, all now lost. When Cultural Heritage Becomes a Battlefront 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

Despondent, he set off on a camel caravan to a monastery on the Sinai Peninsula on a retreat. A Bridge from Moscow to Paris: 130 Works of Modern Art 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Our hotel in Chiang Mai was so close to a monastery that in the morning calm we could hear the monks chanting. Three yogis take on Thailand 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

There on a shelf in a long-forgotten plastic bag were the manuscripts, which are believed to have been stolen from a Greek monastery in the midst of World War I. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

One part of the monastery grounds — tiny caves carved painstakingly out of the rock face — stood in stark contrast. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Six years later, he opened the Kirov Academy, converting a former monastery near Catholic University in Washington into a ballet paradise complete with a theater, dorms, classrooms and studios. A Ballet School Rehired an Embezzler. Then $1.5 Million Vanished. 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

At its peak in the 9th century, the monastery housed as many as 7,000 monks. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

To parse the role of silence in Western history, Brox examines very different institutions where quiet dominated: prison and the monastery. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Tucked away off Ladbroke Grove in central London sits the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, home since 1878 to an order of Carmelite nuns. Film review: No Greater Love 2010-04-08T22:10:00Z

Or Cremisan wines, made in an ancient monastery near Jerusalem with grapes trucked across security checkpoints from vineyards in Palestinian territory? Do you pour from a wine bottle for what’s in it — or what’s behind it? 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

I was reminded of our stop at Patmos earlier in the week, when a tour guide identified an icon on a monastery wall as having been painted by El Greco. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Highlights and high points: Meteora, an amazing geological landscape of weathered rock pinnacles topped by medieval monasteries, was really fascinating. A vacation fit for a god: Exploring all of Greece (without a GPS) 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

On the same street, we plunge back into the past by stepping into the Église des Blancs Manteaux, originally a 13th-century monastery for Augustine monks built on land owned by the Templars. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z

The view from the top floor frames a typical expanse in modern Tibetan cities: an old monastery complex, then Chinese apartment sprawl and finally grasslands in the distance that extend into oblivion. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

The abbey was a monastery until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. It was rebuilt over the centuries and is now mostly an example of Victorian Gothic architecture. Mark the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death by visiting Bath, a city she called home 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The travelers visit a monastery with its own secrets and dangers, they survive its perils, and discover at last the source of the mist of forgetfulness that covers the land. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

We finally made it to the monastery, built in the 16th century, with its massive walls and towers. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

The herbs are sorted within the monastery, then bags of herbs, labeled only by number, travel to the distillery, now in Aiguenoire. Chartreuse liqueur’s popularity has soared. But how do you market the elixir without offending the monks who make it? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Whether you're sleeping at a former monastery turned five-star hotel or dancing in a onetime nuclear bunker, you'll quickly realize that in Prague, the unconventional is conventional: after all, this is Bohemia. 2010-02-06T04:05:00Z

A sitting Buddha from the same era looms over the town’s main street, its damaged face set in a complacent smirk; the original monastery around it was destroyed by American bombings. Footsteps: In Laos, the Lady and the Jars 2012-07-13T16:23:26Z

“When he entered the monastery he said, ‘This is the place.” Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Driving to the David Gareja monastery complex in Georgia felt like being on the moon. What a Trip: Georgian wine and the spirit of love on a vacation to the Caucasus 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

And he was a tireless socializer, beloved by an enormous circle of friends, who often yearned for solitude and sometimes hid out in monasteries. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Here, in the cradle of civilization, the building is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Dominic finds his twin brother at a monastery, where Daniel is the petulant prey of a perverted priest. ‘Saint-Narcisse’ Review: A Classic Romance Between Twin Flames 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Buglike and too far away to hear the engine, the enormous machine and its world of commerce and motion are dwarfed by the light and silence of the monastery. Chartreuse liqueur’s popularity has soared. But how do you market the elixir without offending the monks who make it? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

He fits in like a clown in a monastery. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Tidily hedged, with pathways for walking, benches in sunny areas for resting and contemplation, these monastery gardens are as soothing and healing as the herbs the monks grew for medicine and cooking. For a calm garden consider sound and shelter, screens and art 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

It was the latter experience, which included a three-month stay in a Buddhist monastery there, that caused his ideas about cooking to change. | In Monte Carlo, the First All-Organic Restaurant to Receive a Michelin Star 2014-04-14T20:06:09Z

Theologically, it’s tricky; the Germans want further reformation from Henry, who may enjoy breaking up England’s monasteries but seems comfortable enough, doctrinally, with Rome. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

It stretches from a Bible found in a monastery in coastal Brittany that was sacked by the Vikings in the year 917, to a 1904 lithograph showing the original Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z

He settled in Kathmandu, Nepal, and eventually went on to Tibet, where he made life-size digital photographs of centuries-old mural cycles in Buddhist monasteries. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

The nuptials took place "in a private family monastery on the Dalmatian coast," Seltzer said. Stana Katic of 'Castle' weds in Croatia 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Now, looming ahead of us is Likir monastery, the archetypal Ladakhi gompa, a jumbled ziggurat of whitewashed buildings scattered higgledy-piggledy over an outcropping, their carved casement windows peering out over an amphitheater of high mountains. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one

Karma had a higher purpose, and ducked into the monastery to ask the lama for his blessings for the next day’s flight. My Return to Nepal, in Memoriam 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

There is something of a tradition of films set in monasteries and convents or, rather, two traditions: one sentimental and pious; the other bracing and meditative. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

She summered at the family’s Cistercian monastery in eastern France, the Romanesque Fontenay Abbey. Andrée Putman, Global Interior Designer, Dies at 87 2013-01-21T03:48:51Z

This density of variation is contrasted with another drowned bell at Selsey, literally swept away along with St Wilfrid's monastery but which is still heard by fishermen venturing near the treacherous sandbanks. The Fabled Coast by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood - review 2012-08-03T21:55:09Z

He was young when he began to study piano; soon enough, if he wasn’t joining his uncles to pray in the monasteries of Mount Athos, he was spending his Saturdays leading scratch ensembles at home. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z

They swept through monasteries, melting down copper urns for shrapnel, ripping up floorboards for firewood, sitting on sacred scroll paintings and eating boiled yak hide torn from temple drums. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

"A Catalan through and through" and someone who believed "only God creates," he was inspired in part, as footage reveals, by the mountainous setting of the monastery of Montserrat, a Catalan holy place. 'Sagrada' visits Gaudí's cathedral, built with faith 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Like so many, Wyatt easily shifted his support of Catherine of Aragon to Anne Boleyn, and with it his faith; he also made a tidy sum out of the dissolution of the monasteries. Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Bridgen - review 2012-12-14T22:55:11Z

Scores of monasteries, abbeys and retreat centers of all faiths in the United States open their doors to people seeking quiet contemplation and personal retreats. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Suddenly, monasteries don't seem such a bad idea. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Casablanca Case by Simon Swift 2012-10-03T10:07:25Z

Two lively autobiographical works: In the first the Thai writer and musical prodigy becomes the “ghost composer” for a Washington politico; in the second, an unexpected midlife epiphany leads to a Buddhist monastery. Review | Forget trendy bestsellers: This best books list takes you off the beaten track 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Their courtship includes a visit to a monastery known as “The Wonder.” ‘To the Wonder’: Twirling together the best, worst of Terrence Malick 2013-04-11T20:41:41Z

The centerpiece is the 1692 Iglesia de Porta Coeli, one of the oldest church structures in the Americas, which was originally used as a monastery chapel but now houses a small museum. Finding sun and seclusion by beach-hopping on Puerto Rico’s west coast 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

The settlement is strewn with monasteries and nunneries, with rows of fluttering prayer flags everywhere. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

As they flee, she and the greyhound meet Jacob, a Jewish boy, and William, an orphan who lives in a monastery. Adam Gidwitz tells story of holy hound in ‘The Inquisitor’s Tale’ 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Then I wandered through the halls of the monastery, guessing at what rooms served as the monks’ sleeping chambers. Picking a Spot, Any (Undiscovered) Spot, in Mexico 2010-08-18T03:00:00Z

And so we swam, like crazed Olympic sprinters, from a cobblestone Italian town square to a serene island monastery in the middle of glittering Lago d’Orta. Overnighter: The Secret Little Sister of the Italian Lakes 2012-09-20T16:21:42Z

The monastery runs its own guesthouse on the grounds, with simple but very comfortable and spotless rooms. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

But unlike an art gallery, the white walls here remain unadorned, at the insistence of Mr. Helfenstein, who attended high school in a Benedictine monastery. On Location: For the Director of the Menil Collection, an Unadorned Home 2011-11-10T03:30:31Z

After our chat, the three of us walk along the dusty gravel road that hugs the side of the monastery, trying to stay under the shade of the cape lilac trees. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Scully has also replaced the monastery’s eight windows with red, ochre and blue stained glass, bathing the interior in color. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Much of “Dissolution” came to her while she was living in silence and isolation in a Trappist monastery in Israel. Retrospectives of the Filmmaker Nina Menkes 2012-02-19T03:37:17Z

The monastery grounds are carved into the slope of a chestnut forest. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Luther wrote, “Marriage is a better school for the character than any monastery, for it’s here that your sharp corners are rubbed off.” Visiting Germany’s Lutherland during 500th anniversary 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

“Brox writes beautifully about the silence woven through daily tasks and between prayers in the medieval monastery,” our colleague Gal Beckerman declares in an essay devoted to two books on the subject. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

Mr. Greenblatt reprints a curse that one monastery placed in its manuscripts upon those who neglect to return books. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z

It is the last prayer before lunch at the monastery and novice Buddhist monks are giggling and fidgeting with their bowls in a hall overflowing with maroon robes. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Few stay, however, and fewer still venture further than the central monasteries – a shame, as the island abounds in good beaches, and the interior is a rural idyll. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The puppet would not be prevented from crossing the municipality’s main town of Kalambaka on its way through Greece, the council decided, but would not be allowed in villages close to the monasteries. Giant Puppet Ruffles Some Feathers on a Long Walk Through Greece 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

The setting is a monastery in the bare Romanian countryside, where Orthodox nuns live simple lives of worship and hard work under the direction of a priest and his wife. ‘Beyond the Hills’: Love, faith collide in Romanian monastery 2013-03-28T22:00:12Z

At least in winter when outdoor activities are limited, Georgia’s most notable attraction is its monasteries. High in the Mountains and Monasteries of Georgia 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

My circumstances gave me some unique insight into the workings of the monastery and its unusual detox technique. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

The newly formed Levant Company began an illegal trade shipping old tin and lead, stripped from deconsecrated churches and monasteries, to the Ottomans to reforge as armaments. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Then, on Thursday nights, I traveled to the monastery, where I prayed, walked in the desert and talked to Frédéric. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Virtually all of the Orthodox Christian monasteries in Pereslavl are in various states of renovation. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

In the 1980s work began on rebuilding the monastery, and today’s temple is slowly returning to some of its former glory and size. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z

He was given the assignment of retrieving archives that had been stored for safety in Pavia, in the monastery complex known as the Certosa. James S. Ackerman, Author of Enduring Books on Architecture, Dies at 97 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

I needed a way to get clean with as little attention and expense as possible, and the monastery on the edge of the jungle seemed the only way out. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

Dominican monasteries are essentially engines of prayer; singing, which the nuns do seven times a day, is a deeper, fuller way of praying, Sister Mary Catharine said, “because we are using our whole person.” Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

It’s an ecumenical monastery and even the sisters are of varying Christian denominations. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Steinke’s opening missive to O’Connor is a case in point, a report from a monastery where she is on retreat. The art of public correspondence 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

On the island of Hvar some of the group went to a concert in an old monastery. A 16-woman bike tour of the Dalmatians, off Croatia’s coast 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

It is currently unpopulated, though a Christian monastery was founded some time between the sixth and eighth centuries before being abandoned in the late 12th century. Remote Irish island to feature in Star Wars: Episode 7 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

I went alone to Kopan Buddhist monastery, near Kathmandu, for two weeks to learn meditation and mindfulness but once there found myself among a hundred like-minded people from all over the world. 10 life-changing retreats worldwide: readers’ travel tips 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

Purporting to be a lost manuscript written in Latin that had been rediscovered in modern times, “The Name of the Rose” was set in a 14th-century monastery where monks kept turning up dead. Umberto Eco, best-selling author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dies at 84 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

The boulevard, which follows the course of a stream that was eventually diverted, was home to convents and monasteries before the anticlerical riots of 1835 destroyed many of them. In Spain, Searching for Ancestors, Dry Wine and Calm Seas 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

I entered the compound through a heavy wooden gate and saw nuns walking about the spacious lawn surrounding the monastery. The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

We visited massive monasteries deep in the mountains and nearly perfectly preserved medieval villages. Romania and Bulgaria by bus, train and minivan

He also lovingly sketched Ukraine’s rural thatched huts, monasteries, forts, wooden chapels and synagogues, and harbors full of schooners. Antiques: Current Events Imperil Ukrainian Museum Show 2014-04-24T21:32:44Z

Spartan accommodations with lovely views in a former monastery. Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

They stumble across the ghostly abandoned villages of their kin and discover an ancient monastery carved into the rocks where the lamas are leaving for more fertile climes. Hong Kong film festival offers view of a changing China 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

“You cannot imagine how such a small country has everything: national parks, mountains, beaches, night life, history, Orthodox monasteries,” said Nina Batlak, a Dubrovnik-based product manager for Super Luxury Travel, which offers trips in Montenegro. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

For Mother Dolores, who is the abbey's prioress, the monastery has been home since she was a 24-year-old actress in 1963 and walked away from Hollywood for a life of contemplation and prayer. Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle 2011-12-24T04:08:04Z

After graduation Mr. Blanco moved to Brooklyn and worked as Disco D’s intern, an experience he likened to being a monk in a kung fu monastery. Pop: Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5 2013-01-05T05:03:03Z

He showed me the remains of a medieval monastery ringed with olive trees, explaining that papal documents from the 12th century attest to the existence of olive trees there. In Umbria, an Italian Olive Oil Worth the Accolades 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Together they visited old monasteries and dungeons, and Gidwitz began recording interesting facts and ideas. Adam Gidwitz tells story of holy hound in ‘The Inquisitor’s Tale’ 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

“I suppose I will run out of money,” he wrote in 1940 to his mentor Mark Van Doren, upon announcing his desire to join a monastery. A Monk’s Interests Captured on Camera 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Climb thousands of stairs and stay overnight in monasteries along the 32-mile main path. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z

Their motive has been to dispel the long-held view, especially in the West, that these often small, transcendent works were made by unlauded artisans toiling away in monasteries and imperial workshops. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z

Churches and monasteries dot the landscape in impossibly beautiful settings, like the medieval Gergeti Trinity Church, an architectural gem nestled in fields of wildflowers. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z

His older sister said he was best suited for life in a monastery, and Pedro pointed out that he had a problem with dependency. Brother rescues 400 lost works from storage unit by late Spanish artist Gil Cuatrecasas 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

In the pitch dark, we sneaked back into the monastery and lay on the ground. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

From Monte Cassino, monks went out and set up monasteries across the Christian world. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

How do you find monasteries that are open to guests? Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z

It operated as a monastery until this spring, when it was levelled by Islamic State. Islamic State reported to destroy historic tombs in ancient city of Palmyra, Syria 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

The letter found its way to "Juliet's tomb", another location of dubious authenticity, in the crypt of a monastery just outside the city walls. Dear Juliet: the fans who write to Shakespeare's heroine 2010-05-19T19:59:00Z

Those in the balcony, however, were unfamiliar with James, and by the third act were fed up with Guy’s vacillations, and disgusted when he chose life in a monastery over the widow. The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

A trail up to the peak of Cozia Mountain begins in the monastery’s orchard. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Chuluun studies at a Buddhist monastery tucked in the shadow of a volcano in Mongolia. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

“I live like a monk, and this is my monastery,” he said, gesturing toward the sea. In the Netherlands, exploring the Wadden Sea — on foot 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

He is also charged with looking after hundreds of churches, monasteries, George and Dragon pubs, cities including Moscow and countries including Ethiopia, Lithuania and Greece. Celebrate St George's Day by twinning with dragon's hometown 2010-04-22T16:08:00Z

She speaks of these spaces where silence reigned as now being in ruins, both the monasteries and the prisons. The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

A roar of excitement exploded when the singer Sajid Hussain Jannaty appeared on stage, against a backdrop of cliffs dotted with the remains of Buddhist cave monasteries over a millennium old. Silk Road festival, Afghanistan: goat polo, tug-of-war and dreams of peace 2013-07-08T18:03:54Z

The guesthouse, located on the monastery grounds, offers simple but spotless rooms in a historic setting. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

In a courtyard of the monastery, the Yucetepe restaurant offers a spectacular view of the surrounding sea. A Turkish Idyll Lost in Time 2011-07-08T19:03:11Z

After lunch, I developed a serious blister — perhaps the man at the monastery had been right about my bad shoes after all. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

Two months after I arrived in Damascus, I left the city for the monastery to undergo the monthlong Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Teresa did not imprison herself in an interior castle of mysticism but reformed an order and founded 17 monasteries, traveling all over Spain. ‘Teresa, My Love,’ Julia Kristeva’s Latest Novel 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

Beginning in the 6th century, Skellig Michael was home to hermits, who used the dramatic rocky island to build a monastery and beehive huts in which to live sparsely and pray. Don’t want to kiss the Blarney Stone? Take a boat to a different rock: Skellig Michael. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

Since my first silent retreat, I’ve gone on four more, including at a Catholic monastery that welcomes people of all religions or none at all. Four days of silence 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

As well as a historical centre for theosophy, spiritualism and alternative medicine, the town is home to a Buddhist monastery and the Dalai Lama’s unofficial home in North America. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

At the monastery church of Voronet, I found that no labels do justice to the images that ring the exterior. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

From this we walk to a second, smaller enclosure, measuring the same size as the refectory of the Santa Maria Delle Grazie monastery, where “The Last Supper” still resides. Art Review: Adding Bells and Whistles to Leonardo 2010-12-05T22:48:00Z

The journey ends in Shangri-La, home of the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. In Transit Blog: China, With You Behind the Wheel 2014-03-12T20:15:43Z

Nature excursions and treks to hillside monasteries, seaside villages and remote beaches are something of a ritualistic pastime on Hydra and nearly always a group effort. Cultured Traveler: Latest Stop on the Art Circuit? Hydra, Greece 2011-08-12T15:02:07Z

I was halfway down Block 1 at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, peering into a cell for a thief imprisoned in 1829, when I realized the place resembled a Carthusian monastery. Tourists make time for a Philadelphia museum where felons did theirs 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

At a medieval monastery in northern France, he edited out a sofa leg that would have marred a boudoir’s sightlines. Antiques: Giving a Craftsman His Due 2012-09-27T21:56:26Z

It’s a region known for its bewildering number of churches, convents and monasteries. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

He shares the crypt at the end of a narrow white-painted corridor below the monastery church with his son, two grandchildren and some of their wives. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

On December 10, 1941, a young man named Thomas Merton was received as a novice by a monastery in Kentucky, the Abbey of Gethsemani. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Langmusi, a high-elevation town that splits the Gansu and Sichuan border, draws smaller crowds of backpackers in the summer for grassland treks and glimpses of its two smaller monasteries. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

In front of us, part of the monastery was undergoing construction to house these new recruits; a new two-story dormitory was being added. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z

Both tombs — cenotaphs, actually, as the mortal remains were buried elsewhere — were originally housed in the Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, the Burgundian dynasty’s official center of power. Last Chance: ?Mourners,? Many Faces of Grief, at Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-12T21:46:00Z

One of my favorite pictures is of a sixth-century Greek Orthodox monastery. | Echoes of Enlightenment 2014-03-12T14:00:28Z

And is it fair to say that life would not be worse – and might actually be marginally more bearable – if you switched the Beatles for Muse and decided to join a monastery? Here's a thought: what if The X Factor had never existed? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

All suites boast views of Prague Castle, the monastery or garden courtyards. 2010-02-06T04:05:00Z

After rising through the ranks of his monastery, the young monk was duly appointed a professor of the Bible at the small university town of Wittenberg. How well do we know our heroes? A new book shows the darker side of Martin Luther 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

Their show features the vivid stag and buffalo dances, by which the monks invoke the guardian deities of the Tashi Lhunpo monastery; also the dance of the lord of death which evokes Buddhist philosophy. This week's new dance 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

A lot of Britain's medieval heritage was destroyed in the Reformation by two devastating onslaughts – Henry VIII's ransacking of monasteries and the iconoclastic rage of the Puritans. The middle ages invented fine art ... and Britain itself 2012-08-08T15:40:27Z

Artist Bob and Roberta Smith called the cuts "the biggest culture bashing since the book burnings of the 1930s and the dissolution of the monasteries". Turner prize won by Susan Philipsz 2010-12-06T23:24:00Z

Other sights include churches and monasteries, and the Casa de las Conchas, a historic building decorated with hundreds of scallop shells. 10 smaller European Capitals of Culture you may not have heard of 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Much better, however, is to park on the quayside in Kelheim, three miles downstream, and catch one of the frequent boats that follow the winding gorge to the monastery landing stage. Dark beer and dumplings in Bavaria: a visit to the world’s oldest monastic brewery 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Many on the hotel staff spoke English, and the setting — a converted 16th-century monastery — was built for peace and contemplation. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

From coastal isles to Alpine valleys, Orthodox monasteries are strewn across the country, many covered in vivid frescoes of elongated, big-eyed saints depicting stories from the Bible. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

He served me sweet apple juice from the monastery orchard. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

While the show contains bowls, vases, lacquerware and woodblock-printed books, the bulk is black ink painting, made by medieval monks working in Zen monasteries. The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

Behind a gated entrance, the monastery is a kind of oasis, with native plants adding a splash of color to the high, white walls. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Explore the basilica, monastery and the royal palace apartments on the second floor. For an expansive sampling of Portugal, make Lisbon your home base — then plan day-trips to these coastal villages and medieval cities 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

In the late 1990s, the friars — by then aging and/or absorbed by their ministries — realized that if the monastery were to cling to its agrarian roots, it would need help. Reviving monastery’s city farm, started a century before urban agriculture was cool 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Most distinctive to the monastery is the black hat dance in which the monks narrate the legend of how a religious community escaped a tyrant's persecution. This week's new dance 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

This gently perceptive observes the life of the nuns within the Carmelite monastery of Most Holy Trinity, established in London's Notting Hill in 1878. No Greater Love 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

Even when I’m not in a monastery, I still very much live that lifestyle. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

After two monasteries, a couple of churches and a peek over Pereslavl’s earthen ramparts, we decided to stop for a quick bite. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

He lives half the year here, and half in a monastery in Karnataka, India. Up Close: Even the Dalai Lama Needs a Point Man 2010-05-19T18:57:00Z

The communists exercised a certain brutality on the city's fabric, demolishing dozens of churches and monasteries, but they also left further monuments that inspire ambivalent admiration. City of wood 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z

After 30 years in a monastery, he decided to return to secular life and even married, badly and briefly. Review: Bada Shanren, Chinese Art Superstar, Takes a Bow at the Freer 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

During the Second, the slips were moved to a monastery to escape the bombing of Munich. Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting) 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z

The monk's body would be kept at his monastery on a forested hill outside the Nepali capital to allow followers to pay their last respects. In change of heart Nepal to allow cremation of Tibetan monk 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Zeliv’s main attraction is a sprawling monastery complex, dominated by the majestic church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. On the Trail of Gustav Mahler 2010-10-15T13:30:00Z

Nepal will allow a monk prominent in Tibetan Buddhism to be cremated in a monastery in Kathmandu, a minister said on Tuesday, disregarding fears of possible anti-China protests by his followers during the funeral. In change of heart Nepal to allow cremation of Tibetan monk 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

The world was as it might have been 1,500 years ago, when St. Kevin founded the monastery below, and I wondered how long I could stay right where I was. Lost in Ireland 2010-10-22T21:19:00Z

Ten years later I was staying in a tiny monastery deep in a Thai forest. True secrets of psychedelics: Are they everything they’re cracked up to be? 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z

His boxed sets, many of which are part of institutional collections, contained vellum sheets inscribed and painted at European monasteries between the 12th and 16th centuries. Yale Buys Collection of Scattered Medieval Pages 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

In South Dagon, a hot and dusty satellite town in outer Yangon, Kyi Sein, 35, sits on the floor of a monastery, waiting to be seen by a volunteer doctor. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z

She had planned to visit the Greek World Heritage site of Meteora, known for Orthodox monasteries perched upon towering rocks. Little Amal Arrives in New York, With a Message of Hope and Humanity 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wadsworth’s strength at handling crowd scenes is clear from the prologue, set in a monastery near Moscow in 1598, where the police are bullying a crowd into begging Boris to accept the throne. Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts 2010-10-12T19:51:00Z

And we quietly urge you to pick up Jane Brox’s book “Silence,” which considers the uses and abuses of enforced quiet from monasteries to prisons. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

When it’s not holding silence retreats, Eremito in Umbria, Italy, modeled on a historic monastery, offers workshops in Gregorian chant. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

He was certain the monastery would be lost. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

The cluster of houses around a monastery is home to a few hundred inhabitants. In Southwest Germany, Charming Day Trips From a Charming Town 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

One of the most influential and enduring models is the cloister garden of medieval monasteries. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

In Greece, he travels from monastery to monastery, picking up Greek from the monks. Q&A: Reflecting on a Writer’s Walk Through Europe 2014-03-21T16:44:21Z

But he also said that he frowns on affluent travelers taking advantage of welcoming monasteries. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

I stayed one night in a grand former Franciscan monastery, where my room overlooked a tranquil arcaded courtyard. In Southwest Colombia, Treasures Are Forbidden No More 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z

I passed three monasteries, wedged into rocky nooks, built between the 14th and 17th centuries. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

But the relative ease of 20 minutes sitting at your computer has a shortcoming: it’s much easier to get distracted than it is in a monastery. Headspace Guide to Meditation: can Netflix deliver enlightenment in 20 minutes? 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

“What I didn’t quite realize was that the monastery there is modeled after a traditional one in Tibet, and that we would actually be chanting in Tibetan,” they recall. An Artist Whose Buddhist and Painting Practices Converge 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

His three frescoes — further abstract grids of bright, contrasting pigment — complement the four CorTen candlesticks, spare frames of metal, along with a further stained glass artwork in one of the monastery's three apses. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

In the Golden Ring towns — several of them, anyway — this means decent, occasionally even charming hotels, functional phones and Wi-Fi, better restaurants and innumerable churches and monasteries lovingly rescued from Soviet-era neglect. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

As Sundeen vividly recounts, Suelo tried everything before freeing himself from cash: vegan farming collectives, meditating in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, even living off the land in the Alaskan wilds. 'The Man Who Quit Money': Foreswearing the almighty dollar 2012-03-01T00:12:03Z

Located in Borough Market, Alcoholic Architecture sits on the site of an ancient monastery. A New Bar in London Lets You Breathe in Cocktails 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

By the time we reached Rocamador, a rural hotel and restaurant in a 500-year-old former monastery, it was 11 p.m. and our stomachs were growling. 2010-01-14T03:45:00Z

I was retracing the steps of Charles Dickens, who ascended this same pass to get to the monastery while living in Switzerland in 1846. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z

As Peyangki finds connection to the outside world, he becomes tempted to leave the monastery — especially as he strikes up an online relationship with a woman. ‘Sing Me a Song’ Review: Technology vs. the Contemplative Life 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

What to do You must walk up from the port to see the monasteries. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Fleeing Nationalist forces, the Red Army marauded through monasteries. ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z

For foodies, there are countless fine dining establishments in the region, some of which are housed in monasteries and mansions perched atop lush hills. Love bubbly? Visit this sparkling wine region instead of Champagne 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

While other Ming notables were being murdered or committing suicide, Bada entered a monastery and started behaving oddly: going mute for long periods; laughing, screaming or weeping randomly; spinning in circles in the marketplace. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Leave him alone and instead, trace round the river back into town past round-towered Holy Trinity Church, and yet more ruins: the old monastery behind deconsecrated St Mary's. Bungay - the perfect country retreat 2010-12-21T10:57:00Z

It's where he burnt the cakes, and later built a fort and a monastery in gratitude to God for his victory. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z

Many of the mural-covered monasteries and churches survive, nestled in a valley, having withstood the withering summer sun and winter winds for centuries. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

Equally impressive architectural feats are located within the monastery itself, including the main shrine and a massive, soon-to-open complex known as the Grand Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Top 10 cultural sights in Hong Kong 2013-01-21T10:33:00Z

Paths pass timber-frame houses, medieval monastery ruins and the haunting towers, arches and gorges of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains that inspired artists of the Romantic Movement. On Trails Less Traveled in Europe 2013-04-19T14:56:55Z

When his popularity as an author made it more difficult to achieve solitude, he retreated even further, living for long stretches by himself in a toolshed in the hills of the monastery grounds. The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Here’s an issue of Monks Pond, the folded-and-stapled literary magazine that he put together at the monastery in the mid-sixties. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

His most significant find, located in a German monastery, was a copy of Lucretius’ “On the Nature of Things,” which had been lost to history for more than a thousand years. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z

She and Gébler fled to the Isle of Man, only for her father and his henchmen, among them an abbot from a Cistercian monastery, to follow in a private plane. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-09-29T23:05:14Z

He’s sardonically morbid in “My Own Version of You,” a skulking waltz with a Frankenstein-like narrator who’s scouring “morgues and monasteries” for body parts to bring someone to life. Bob Dylan Still Bristles on ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

They are allowed to sneak in a few kisses, because the pottery barn is off the monastery premises. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Who Is Getting a Hometown Date? 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

The Greek Orthodox Church sued Princeton University four years ago to try to recover four manuscripts many scholars believe were looted from the same monastery. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Going to the monastery, he finds his own world, his own soul.” New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z

Yet the enclave now ranks among the city’s most diverse, with a Buddhist temple alongside a Benedictine monastery, and Mandarin, Spanish and Korean often overheard. Five Places to Go in Chicago 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Born in the aftermath of the Great Depression’s financial reserve and material minimalism, Sister Mary Joseph’s transition to the monastery felt simple. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z

Architectural historians have described the monastery churches, some shaped like gnomes in slouch hats, as Byzantine churches built with Gothic hands. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

Fitzgerald favored defrocking them or isolating them in monasteries, rather than turning them over to the authorities. Pick of the week: The case that unlocked the Catholic scandal 2012-11-16T00:59:00Z

A group of novices lead makeshift soccer games using a can of Coca-Cola as a ball, and at night sneak away from the monastery to watch the Cup in a nearby cottage. These Soccer and World Cup Movies Have Big Goals 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

I can't say this has been like a visit to a monastery for five years or anything. Director John McTiernan prepares to appeal sentence 2010-10-07T00:50:00Z

They placed their acquisitions in temples, shrines and monasteries, as sanctified aids to spiritual reflection. ‘Collecting Paradise’ at the Rubin: A Curious Case of Divergence 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

For centuries, Umbrian farmers were small producers of diverse crops, fully occupied by feeding their own families and supplying the local castles and monasteries. Umbria, Italy’s Best-Kept Culinary Secret, Is Budding 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

The hilltop monastery, in the historic residential neighborhood of Alfama, offers some of the finest views of the city. Lisbon Insiders Reveal the City's Best Restaurants, Hotels and Shopping Destinations 2014-02-27T05:00:00Z

The monastery was founded in the fifth century and is one of the oldest in the Greek region of Macedonia. Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

He entered the monastery three days after Pearl Harbor; he died a month after Richard Nixon was elected to his first term as President. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

I travel out of the city to the former Benedictine monastery at Breitenau, its Romanesque chapel turned into a PoW camp in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z

In the mid-1980s, she left Ethiopia and settled into an Ethiopian Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, spending the rest of her life there. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

Barefoot pilgrims walk an even more vertical path there, culminating in a dark, rock-hollowed room in the monastery housing the tomb of St. Basil, where a priest blessed each visitor individually. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

Another window overlooks the Miljacka River and the Latin Bridge, which leads to the green steeple of the Franciscan monastery and the snow-capped mountains beyond. Seven Places in Europe We Call Home 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

But the Riviera is the Riviera, and walking in medieval towns and monasteries and on the seaside boulevards of Nice and Cannes is all free. Frugal Traveler: Fast Cars, Medieval Villages 2011-05-31T19:19:09Z

And yet he would depart from the monastery after only two years, bound for the Catholic priesthood, but in a more public mode. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

They would not, because there was no monastery at the end of that road either. Frugal Traveler: On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise 2011-06-29T15:26:28Z

How could medieval monasteries use them to coordinate prayer six or seven times a day? Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z

The radio was one of many things Merton was glad to leave behind when he entered the monastery. Kinds of Silence 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

He said the church hopes that other organizations with manuscripts stolen from the monastery would also return them. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Philosophical Hall, which was created in part to house books from monasteries that did not survive Joseph II’s decrees, features imposing walnut bookcases that ascend to an ornately frescoed ceiling. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z

I’ve encountered this, not in monasteries, motels or bed-and-breakfasts but in a class of painfully hip boutique hotels that seem to think travelers want to shower in a space lit like Hernando’s Hideaway. The Getaway: Inside the Evolving Hotel Bathroom 2013-12-10T19:36:36Z

Father Tuderti says he hopes that the statue’s notoriety will bring more visitors to the monastery, which runs a bed-and-breakfast. Nude Christ by Michelangelo, Long Forgotten, to Be Shown in London 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

In fact, he told Bogdanovich he once made pictures in both languages almost simultaneously on a pristine site in rural New Jersey owned by an open-minded Benedictine monastery. Director Edgar G. Ulmer gets his due at LACMA 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

He learned that a tattoo of a church or a monastery indicated a thief, with the number of cupolas reflecting the number of the inmate’s convictions. Decoding Russian Prison Tattoos 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

A fundamental unity of purpose and values prevents any significant culture war within the monastery between women hailing from different eras of the past century and different experiences around the globe. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z

According to Mr. Schwartz, one of every 20 inhabitants was either a monk or a nun, because the town was a home to prestigious monasteries. From Hell to Heaven in the Hometown of Bosch 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

In 1924, the Gills and their entourage moved to a former monastery, Capel-y-ffin, in South Wales, giving Jones the opportunity to return to what was for him the dream-bright land of his forefathers. Reviving the Art of David Jones 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Many trails intersect with ancient monasteries and churches. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Both parents died early, and he was coerced by his guardian into a monastery and later into taking the vows of priesthood. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

And all across Portugal, the typically blue designs of azulejos — ceramic tiles — are spread across churches, monasteries, castles, palaces, university halls, parks, train stations, hotel lobbies and apartment facades. 12 Treasures of Europe 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Which means that any concerns in Ladakh are far outweighed by the extraordinary surroundings: scorched desert landscape, the milky-blue Indus River, glassy peaks and ancient white monasteries. Journeys: In India, Luxury Arrives in a Himalayan Haven 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z

Friday evening started with a walk from our base at the Augustine Hotel, a contemporary structure connected to a 13th-century monastery, located in the Lesser Town section of Prague. Swapping a boat for a bus to explore Prague, Vienna and Budapest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Travelers visit monasteries and Tibetan families and hike along a pilgrimage route to Mount Kawagebo. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z

While a post-apocalyptic novel set in a monastery may not strike most readers as rich terrain for comedy, “A Canticle for Leibowitz” is a surprisingly funny book, in small ways and large. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Of course the main draws remain a network of exquisite monasteries and temples and untouched countryside — all in a country that puts happiness ahead of G.D.P. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z

This debut collection features tales that leap across time, class and place, from a 16th-century English monastery to the antebellum South to present-day, inner-city Philadelphia. Paperback Row 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

He was spending a couple of days at a monastery in New Jersey. "The Last Dalai Lama": The spiritual leader gets deep into neuroscience in new doc 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Even a digression about the catacombs in an Italian monastery includes some Jell-O symbolism. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Soon I was visiting the monastery almost every weekend. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Suddenly, to the right, there is a gorgeous view of the monastery of El Escorial. 10 of Europe’s best rural train journeys 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

After 16 years working in monasteries, he became a refugee and crossed the Himalayas on foot. Review | A Tibetan refugee hopes to build community around his D.C. hot pot spot 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

They found underground chambers where fleeing Nazis hid tens of thousands of paintings and sculptures, and they prevented the advancing Allies from bombing ancient monasteries. Not All Monuments Men Were Men 2014-01-29T18:13:42Z

With the $300,000 MacArthur grant, she bought a former monastery in Umbria, Italy, and turned it into an international theater center. Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91 2011-01-13T18:11:40Z

Known for its moody monasteries and sparkling Lake Ohrid, this former Yugoslav republic is making a play for adventure foodies, too. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

One of the newest and most exciting is Beauty Farm, a sextet of male singers from Germany and Belgium based in the cultural center at the former Carthusian monastery of Mauerbach, Austria. Classical recordings: early voices in new lights 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

While the orthodox condemned him, the implication that errors were embedded in church tenets made him a hero to some, including an obscure young man seeking certitude in a monastery in Wittenberg. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

The manuscripts will be sent back to the monastery, and their return is to be commemorated on Friday in a repatriation ceremony in Lower Manhattan. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

During the Soviet era, many churches and monasteries were closed, and the chant tradition was suppressed. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z

Forget the romance of its production site, an ancient Benedictine monastery in the mountainous Alto Adige in the Tyrolean northeast. 20 Wines for Under $20: Weeknight Pleasures for Relaxed Evenings 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Once this was farmland, but the monastery, which is home to the Benedictine Sisters of Madison, helped coordinate efforts to restore the wild prairie and oak forests that now encircle the 130-plus acre property. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Armenia’s old monasteries and churches are perhaps its greatest cultural treasures and account for a number of Unesco World Heritage sites. Next Stop: In Armenia, Art in the Shadow of Ararat 2012-10-05T15:09:14Z

We were invited into the monastery, asked to sit on a threadbare rug and listen. Chasing sunrises — and mountains — in Nepal 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

The official added that the monastery was attacked in 1917 by “marauding Bulgarian guerilla forces” who sacked its library. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

He named his monastery after the Italian town of Norcia, birthplace of St. Benedict. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Maybe it was the Charterhouse, the former Carthusian monastery turned winter lodging for George Sand and Frédéric Chopin. Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

"One million Tibetans have died as a result of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Six thousand monasteries were destroyed," read one. Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud goes from outcast to ally in China 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Situated in the disputed Karelia region, the monastery is now part of Russia. Voices uplifted: Cappella Romana shines a light on Finnish ‘All-Night Vigil’ 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

The criminal overuse of "Hallelujah" While Leonard Cohen studied silence in a Buddhist monastery, his former manager squandered his multimillion-dollar fortune. The criminal overuse of "Hallelujah" 2011-09-19T21:01:00Z

After touring breweries packed into centuries-old monastery buildings, they also decided to build a modern, highly automated brewery that requires less manual labor from the abbey's aging monks, the oldest of whom is 99. Massachusetts monks tap brewing tradition to support aging members 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

“That’s not to say that my parents didn’t love me,” he said at the monastery. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

She spent 10 years in a hilltop monastery in Ethiopia. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

Brox writes beautifully about the silence woven through daily tasks and between prayers in the medieval monastery, its varying qualities and duration, sometimes “as brief as a handful of heartbeats.” The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z

Built in 1488, at a time of relative peace, the walled monastery doubled as a military stronghold, just in case. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

Yet this time I saw postcards of it for sale only at the monastery itself. Are postcards a thing of the past? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

The monasteries have been viewed as symbols of Serbian oppression during moments of tension, and have been the target of protests. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

And, inspired by the contemplative quality of Turrell, her team has invited monks from a nearby Zen Buddhist monastery to host their weekly meditations for the community on site. Catskill Art Space Opens With James Turrell and a Lofty Vision 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

A childhood visit to the island monastery of Valamo on Lake Ladoga left a deep impression. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

And, just like Batman Begins, Johnny English Reborn contains a sequence where the titular character spends time in a remote Asian monastery training to become a powerful warrior. Johnny English Reborn: I spy with my little eye ? 2011-04-13T09:29:00Z

Some dating back to when the ancient monastery was a place of worship and study, some obtained from prisoners who passed through the Gulag. 'Stalin's Meteorologist' illustrates the life and idealism in the under a dictatorship 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

When I asked point-blank about El Greco at the desk, Ioannis Melianos, secretary of the monastery’s library, shook his head and looked as if a migraine was imminent. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

And we could suppose that things would have gone differently if he had still been alive, pumping out missives from the cinderblock hermitage that he built on a scraggly knob near the monastery. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

The religiously minded, home-schooled Idahoan also spent time at a Buddhist monastery and tried to join the French foreign legion prior to joining the army. Zero Dark Thirty team plan film about freed prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Each year, thousands participate in the roughly two-hundred-mile pilgrimage to the monastery, which is home to an icon of the Virgin Mary venerated throughout Eastern Europe. Emerging Photographer: Pawel Laczny 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

After a rinpoche is identified, he is supposed to be retrieved by disciples of his original monastery, and taken there to live. Review: ‘Becoming Who I Was’ Looks at a Boy’s Days, and His Past Lives 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Built in the 1920s and ’30s on a busy street in this bedroom community of Manhattan, the monastery was imagined as four-winged cloister until the Depression curtailed its scope. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

Another was Jesce, a 16th-century farmhouse turned monastery whose most striking feature, to me, was the abundant graffiti carved into the plaster walls over the centuries. In Italy, immersive travel program combines sightseeing and conserving frescoes 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Less than a decade later, Frederick I, a north German prince who had become king of Denmark, drove out the bishops, abolished the monasteries, and installed Lutheranism as the state religion. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z

He placed in my hand a ring with the monastery’s name engraved around a blue stone, and a slip of paper with a short Buddhist mantra written on it. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

I lived and studied at a monastery in India before becoming a conflict photographer and everything I see now is through the eyes of Krishna. The Syrian conflict: a war photographer's story 2012-12-14T10:30:00Z

Tagong itself is just a blip on the map: a stretch of ornate buildings leading to the gates of the monastery, all surrounded by endless peaks and plains. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z

"After all, what better place to film the future of the Jedi Order than a monastery?" Remote Irish island to feature in Star Wars: Episode 7 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

A contemporary of the better-known St. Patrick, St. Brigid established a monastery for women, which included a school of art that became famous for its handwritten, decorative manuscripts, particularly the Book of Kildare. The 5,000-year history of writer’s block 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z

As Gunatillake puts it: It's not about looking to the East, to the mountaintop in India or the zen garden in Japan or a monastery in Burma, it's about making it work here. Manchester's FutureEverything conference ? day one 2012-05-18T08:00:00Z

“The values of the monastery — meditation, mindfulness, silence, contemplation and community — are being secularized and redone as resorts,” said Ms. McGroarty. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Jacob has barely begun a clandestine courtship when Orito's father dies and she is whisked off to a shady monastery where monks have formulated a bizarre ritual that turns nuns into sex slaves. 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet': David Mitchell's Japan-set historical novel 2010-07-16T22:43:00Z

Syrian wineries were largely small-scale operations, often located at churches and monasteries and meant for local consumption. Last Syrian vineyard keeps wine flowing despite war 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

One of the oldest references she has found is from a monastery in the Sinai region dating to the 3rd or 4th century. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

After studying in a Benedictine monastery, he enlisted in the Air Force and served in Vietnam as a communications operator, among other assignments, at the height of the war there. Houston Conwill, Whose Sculptures Celebrated Black Culture, Dies at 69 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

We walked by a dry rice field and a small Buddhist forest monastery, listening to a growing chorus of sharp clicks and tweets. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z

From there I embarked on a self-guided tour of the monasteries and their murals. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

She lives a simple life in the monastery orphanage and has few friends. The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - review 2012-08-19T08:00:00Z

“One day when I was 20, I walked down the street to the monastery and I’ve been here ever since,” he said. In Transit Blog: Welcoming Monks and Wild Horses, in North Dakota 2011-08-29T16:49:10Z

Eventually the organization took on a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan; a synagogue in Essaouira, Morocco, and pilgrimage lines in the high desert plains of Bolivia. A Collector of People Along With Art 2011-04-06T23:34:47Z

In the Middle Ages, the hurdy-gurdy functioned as an aid to choral teaching in monasteries but soon became known as a rustic accompaniment to village dances. A Renaissance for an Instrument of Melancholy Magic 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

James Yaegashi is quietly effective as the father, who is more receptive to the idea of Tenzin’s moving to the monastery. ‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Diqing, China The Diqing area, in northwestern Yunnan, a showcase for traditional Tibetan culture, with monasteries, villages and dramatic terrain, is about to become more accessible. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z

In April, the mezzo-soprano contacted Father Alfred Toennis, founder of the Give a Home Foundation in Ogglesbeuren, in southwest Germany, and learned that his monastery was housing more than 70 refugees from Syria. Syrian refugees join Mozart opera to deliver message of peace 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Seeing “The Big Lebowski” was like sneaking over the monastery wall for a night at the Chicken Ranch. Books of The Times: Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman’s ‘Dude and the Zen Master’ 2013-01-06T23:01:49Z

Squeezed between the Russian and the Ottoman Empires, this part of the world is a semi-feudal patchwork of villages, monasteries and estates. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

It was brought to the West in the 1950s when Tibet’s monasteries were destroyed. Perspective | I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

I wanted to go to the wonderful Buddhist monastery one mile outside the city – one mile – but couldn't. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z

As you push farther south, and mosques begin to mingle with monasteries, time and tourism seem distant. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z

The abbey was founded as a Benedictine monastery in 960 A.D., and housed a community of monks for more than 600 years. A Lofty Perch Fit for a Royal Museum at Westminster Abbey 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

He is then ordained at a monastery — somewhat against his will — and assumes a raft of responsibilities. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

The former monastery is now a stately hilltop hotel and restaurant, and it's a perfect spot for a traditional lunch with views as spectacular as views get. Oktoberfest means wine in Franconia, the enchanting German region you don’t know yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

He was, however, briefly happy in a Trappist monastery, which should have told Thorpe something. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Buddhist monasteries have traditionally acted as places of refuge. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries and palaces rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. 10 smaller European Capitals of Culture you may not have heard of 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

Here at the monastery, though, on this pleasant spring day, birdsong ricocheted off the cliffs and the only thing to explode were the poppies. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

At the heart of the monastery, the inhabitants found a simple, four-square turfed courtyard garden framed with a covered walk — the cloister garden. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

Stop at the Hard Wok Cafe just off the Venerable Trees Terrace, whose monastery is home to both chanting monks and mischievous monkeys. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z

The monastery is massive, but simple and perfectly executed. Gaudí's Catalan shadow: the art of Josep Maria Jujol 2013-06-03T06:00:06Z

Food is brought in to him, almost like a monk in a monastery. Ong Keng Sen on his vision for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Kosovo has long been called “Serbia’s Jerusalem” because of the important medieval monasteries, like Gracanica, within its borders. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Within the walls of a very old Cistercian monastery, the corn is dried in stone buildings before being coarsely ground by stones, retaining the husk for bite. Jeremy Lee’s recipe for polenta cake with lemon curd and cream | King of puddings 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z

Instead of rapid cutting we get long, slow panning shots of landscapes in southern France and Italy, the corridors of the Vatican, or the ages-old lifestyle of a Benedictine monastery. Why the BBC is right to bring us back to Civilisation ... in high definition 2011-01-24T17:00:09Z

The monastery is just outside the orbit of Pope Francis’s visit to Washington this week, which includes a Mass at the nearby Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Founded in 1245, it was the home of Beguines, a group of women who lived pious lives without being part of a convent or monastery. Belgium’s beautiful Bruges: Old-world Europe in the present 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

A rare example of a fortified cloister built in the Byzantine style, this monastery complex sits right on the banks of the Olt. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Stay in a small, restored 14th-century monastery that was created specifically to drag people away from their grind. Go phone-free in these 10 stunning accommodations, including pods attached to a mountain 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

In the interest of preservation the monastery donated the “Colorful Realm” paintings to the Japanese Imperial Household in 1889 but kept the triptych. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z

A rich blend of Belgian specialty malts, dark Belgian candied sugar, monastery yeast and brown sugar, it’s in perfect balance, with no sharp alcohol note or overwhelming sweetness. Beer of the Week: Jailbreak Brewing Van Dammit 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

He is rambling around his native Yorkshire, apparently as a tourist, visiting monasteries and brooding on the various women who have left him in the lurch. Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z

Leaving the village, we passed a small, white-walled monastery with a row of prayer wheels outside. In China, Negotiating Peaks and Police 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Walking through a meditation garden next to the monastery, we read reflections written in Thai and English. Three yogis take on Thailand 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

But on that Mexico jaunt Faye—during a side trip to an abandoned monastery—realizes that she has fallen in love with the young man, and this becomes painfully clear to the mogul. “Song to Song”: Terrence Malick’s Romantic Idealism 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Within the grounds of the Alhambra, in a monastery built over one of the Moorish palaces. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

The saga includes a monastery in the Judaean desert, a Jewish book dealer trying to flee Paris as the Nazis closed in, a French freedom fighter and an anonymous billionaire collector. Exhibition Review: ?Secrets of Archimedes? at Walters in Baltimore - Review 2011-10-16T23:08:04Z

Much of this becomes evident at the remarkable Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, in the former monastery of Santo Domingo. Critic’s Notebook: Oaxaca, Mexico, Shows History Unvarnished 2012-06-15T23:47:51Z

The “traditional book culture,” as he put it in “The Two Latin Cultures,” one nourished in cathedrals and monasteries, began to rely on classical models in teaching grammar. Ronald G. Witt, Who Gave the Renaissance a New Birthdate, Dies at 84 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

The azulejos traditionally decorated churches, monasteries, and residences of the rich and powerful in Brazil and function in her work as a metaphor for a mixing of cultures, by force or by desire. Waves of Dark History Break on an Olympic Pool 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

Similar musical instruments are used in monasteries today to frighten away ghosts and to please the Buddha. 'Going for Gold' at SAM has a fine luster 2012-11-08T21:11:08Z

The whole “1,000 Places to See Before You Die” phenomenon makes me want to hole up in a monastery. Q&A: ‘Always Journeying to Someplace New Gets Old Fast’ 2014-01-14T20:23:22Z

It includes in the background miniature vignettes of incidents involving the monastery’s co-patron, St. Stephen; the order’s founder, St. Benedict; and St. Jerome. Puncturing the Myth of Carpaccio’s Waning Powers 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

Where to stay It is much more atmospheric to stay in the old town surrounding the monasteries than down in the port. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Its historic center, a Unesco World Heritage site, is one of the largest in South America, with 40 colonial churches and chapels, 16 convents and monasteries and picturesque plazas. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Quito, Ecuador 2011-09-15T20:00:00Z

It's about nine Cistercian monks in a monastery besieged by the threat of Islamic extremists in Algeria. Cannes round-up by Jason Solomon 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

He didn’t want to pressure me, but he had fallen totally in love with the house, which in the 14th century had been a monks’ dormitory, with the monastery itself situated in a nearby village. A new start: Jilly Cooper on the night in a Kama Sutra room that led to her book Riders 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

It was also important that the setting recall its French ancestor, which occupies the wine cellar of an old monastery. Mamo le Michelangelo Brings its Italian cuisine to the U.S. with Mamo 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

More than 1,200 monasteries in Mongolia were destroyed.” Photography: Bringing a Monastery Back to Life 2011-01-19T13:00:03Z

Their habitat is ancient woods, ruined abbeys, isolated old houses and crumbling monasteries. Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z

The seven members of a Trappist order, who lived in a monastery in Tibehirine south of Algiers, disappeared in 1996 during a savage wave of killings by both Islamist militants and government forces. Cannes film follows French monks killed in Algeria 2010-05-18T14:31:00Z

Rising above it is a ruined church dating to the Norman invasion in the 11th century; it later served as a Franciscan monastery. Digging Up Family Roots in Sicily 2013-08-16T16:15:11Z

The second was when Mr. Cohen, then reaching 70 and having spent five years in a California monastery, found that his savings had been stolen. Books of The Times: ‘The Holy or the Broken’ by Alan Light 2012-12-09T22:49:21Z

At one time, Qadisha was home to hundreds of hermitages, churches, caves and monasteries. In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

She considered traveling to Tibet, where she could join a monastery. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z

That was when the monastery’s original iconostasis was destroyed, its cathedral, like so many others in Russia, turned into a warehouse. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

She’s a contemplative nun, where they live in isolation, but she leaves the monastery to talk about art. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z

Kloha said he hoped his museum’s return of the manuscript would encourage other institutions to return manuscripts from the monastery found to have been looted during World War I. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Lest you think Asawa, while meditating on all these phenomena, was living the solitary life of a Zen adept in a mountaintop monastery, she wasn’t. Is this the most beautiful show of the year? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Our conversation ranges from the practicalities of joining a monastery to a discussion about the birth of the Benedictine order to what life is like for him here. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

It was also home to a strict Carthusian order, devoted to silence, whose leader, Jan Vos, commissioned paintings by two of Bruges’s best artists for the order’s charterhouse, or monastery. 10 Under-the-Radar Art Shows to See Now 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

In Paris it will be César night, France’s Oscar night, and Mr. Wilson is nominated for his performance as the leader of a tiny Trappist monastery in strife-torn Algeria. Film: Worldly Actor Finds Method in a Monastery 2011-02-20T02:01:25Z

A monastery or private club is different from a hotel in many respects. Perspective | Nontraditional lodging fills a need for pandemic travelers 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Over the course of the episode, we watch as Chris attempts to find his "innermost secret center" while spending time at a monastery. 30 years on, the magical realism of "Northern Exposure" is a gentle balm for our cabin fever 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Known for its moody monasteries and sparkling Lake Ohrid, this former Yugoslav republic is making a play for adventure foodies, too. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

In the late 19th century, Bismarck waged his 'Kulturkampf,' a culture war, against the Roman Catholic Church, closing down every Catholic school and hospital, convent and monastery in Imperial Germany. Diocese clarifies bishop's remarks on Obama 2012-04-19T17:20:00Z

Once you check out of the monastery’s drug detox program, you will not be allowed to check back in, no matter how unique your excuse for having had that setback. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

But it’s downstairs, in the old loading bays, that you really sense this minimal monastery’s industrial life. Dia Beacon Reopens With a Sonic Boom 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Monks live in solitude in a monastery — it’s just them and God. Finding peace and faith in Assisi 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Ancient orthodox monasteries and grand basilicas represent some of the finest works of Byzantine architecture. Design Delta Architects Builds Australia’s First Byzantine-Style Monastery 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

The town's monks, Xuanzang noted, shrewdly charged visitors to see their relics, and their monasteries functioned as dormitories, bazaars and banks for merchants. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z

This picturesque, small monastery complex is at the end of a rocky mountain road and is so isolated that it doesn’t even have an address. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

“The monastery is the confluence between the best of Western spirituality and the best of contemporary art,” Father Laplana said. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Showtime and Hall had entertained various “Dexter” pitches over the years, including one from Hall’s mother that found Dexter in a monastery. Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Buddhist practice would require that the boy — just 3 when the play begins — be sent to India to study for his calling at a monastery, a move that naturally dismays his parents, particularly his mother. ‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Brother Martin Weidner, a monk who lives at the Cullman monastery, says the Abbey's grounds were in the path of the storms. Abbey's historic art grotto untouched by tornado 2011-05-13T18:18:07Z

South Africa-born Beckett was living in a caravan in a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk, east England, when she started studying art in the 1980s, according to the BBC, which broadcast her documentaries. Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and TV art critic, dies at 88 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

The school said in response at the time that two of the manuscripts then sought had been given as gifts before 1917 to a second monastery, which later sold them. Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Centuries ago, it destroyed the foundations of a Buddhist monastery under construction in central Tibet. Explorer: Myths and Mountains in Nepal 2012-10-28T06:23:48Z

The film is largely built of ordinary tasks and everyday moments: monks tending their crops, treating Muslim villagers at the monastery clinic, sharing simple meals. 'Of Gods and Men': a tale of monks and martyrs, with a divine cast 2011-03-24T22:23:06Z

We are all tremendously moved just to be here, and it may be a combination of working with nature and being on the monastery grounds. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

What to do The extraordinary whitewashed monastery of Hozoviotissa, which dates back to the 11th century, clings to the cliffs of the dramatic south coast. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, by tradition the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount... 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

The sessions are held at the CCA, in an old 13th century monastery outside of Rome, where participants learn the techniques of the craft by working on ancient mosaics. Getty mosaic program teaches conservation in conflict zones and beyond 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

As well as advising the restoration team on the monastery’s interior, Mr. Scully has donated paintings on canvas, aluminum and copper; replaced windows with stained glass; designed candlesticks; and painted frescoes on the walls. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

She spent the next seven years visiting the monastery, sleeping in the tiny guest quarters in the basement. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

I saw only one warning at the monastery: a small plastic sign propped on the stairs leading to the main Buddha statue. In Burma, a cruise along the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Bagan

The monastery had been built into the cliff some 1,500 years before, and the building occupies a space that appears to be nestled exactly between earth and sky. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

But undertaking this book, and several visits to the enveloping silence of a Trappist monastery, prompted her to look inward. A Scholar of Religion Confronts Her Own Grief 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

Outside the monastery, vendors sell all sorts of weaving, embroidery and local crafts, but much of it is from China and not worth a second look. On the Rug Route in Romania, Kilims and an Enduring Culture 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

Back in 793 AD the Vikings made their first raid on Holy Island, and indeed their first recorded raid on the British isles, attacking the monastery on Lindisfarne. New Viking invasion at Lindisfarne 2012-08-07T13:00:00Z

The monastery of Deir Mar Musa is perched atop a mountain, and it can be reached only by climbing 350 stairs. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Voichita still cherishes Alina but she loves God sincerely and deeply and has found a home in the monastery, which grieves the clearly troubled Alina and brings out the worst in her. ‘Beyond the Hills’: Love, faith collide in Romanian monastery 2013-03-28T22:00:12Z

The Buddhist triptych is held at the monastery where Jakuchu originally left his works. 250-year-old Japanese paintings to be shown in DC 2012-03-26T22:31:04Z

It’s not per se a religious building, even if it’s a monastery. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

While staying in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in India, he once saw bodies consigned to funeral pyres and wondered, “What survives death?” As a house burns, its residents are sustained by memories in ‘Night of Fire’ 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

It’s a good place to stay when visiting the painted monasteries for which the region is known. On the Rug Route in Romania, Kilims and an Enduring Culture 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

She knows they bring into the monastery only what they learned in the world. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z

Possibly the loveliest and most atmospheric monastery in the region, however, is the one at Horezu. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

In another letter to Forster, Dickens’s description of the monastery revealed his terror and reverence of the Alps. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z

We worked up a thirst climbing the steep hill to the monastery, which welcomes the public to its gift shop and cafe. A self-propelled Belgium brewery tour through Belgium lets you bike to pints 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

At our last hostel, we had been given the name of a monastery in Siena where pilgrims can spend the night. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

This visit was more about the monks than the monastery. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z

She decides to return to her ancestral land to find something more, and chooses Majuli, a river island in the northeastern state of Assam that is rich with temples and monasteries, monks and gurus. | 'In Search of God': ?In Search of God,? a Documentary by Rupam Sarmah 2011-09-23T04:03:04Z

He was surprised to learn that lamas in a nearby monastery had a story of a great flood. 'The Rocks Don't Lie': looking at the evidence for a Noah-style flood 2012-08-15T19:03:03Z

Although Sister Mary Joseph cannot relate to the newcomers’ approach to the monastery’s equipment, or condone their unrealistic demands on the tools, she does not judge the women. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z

As the dark ages passed and civilization began to ramp up into modernity, beer was the purview of women and monasteries. Here’s a timeline that explains how beer went from brilliant mistake to hipsterific 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

In the case of "The Name of the Rose," it was a memory of a childhood visit to a Benedictine monastery. In 'Confessions of a Young Novelist,' Umberto Eco offers his secret formula for a bestselling novel 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

During the Reformation, it was transformed into a church and monastery building, with stone pillars and an ornate façade. The History Behind One of Vienna’s Most Interesting Buildings 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

The 13th-century Franciscan monastery rises out of the hillside in geometric white stone, with Romanesque arches framing its quiet courtyards. Are neuroscientists the next great architects? 2012-11-11T14:00:00Z

White Fox, played with brisk, exemplary swagger by Hsu Feng, is a master thief employed by a corrupt landowner who wants to purloin a priceless sutra from a Buddhist monastery. ‘Raining in the Mountain’ Review: A Martial Arts Gem From 1979 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

The food goes to the monastery, where approximately 30 friars and visiting priests live; to other religious communities in Northeast; and to a host of food banks in the city. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Last month, a French historical lobby group called for the remains to be taken from Nova Gorica's monastery back to France. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Housed in a former Augustinian monastery and reopened in March after a six-month renovation, Luther’s former home is now the world’s largest Reformation museum and a must-see site for visitors. A quiet German town welcomes some 2 million visitors for Martin Luther’s 500th 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

But then the team — about 25 people — tried to visit the Greek World Heritage site of Meteora, known for Orthodox monasteries perched upon towering rocks. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

The monastery was a popular place for travelers to rest, and we were joined by other young porters and cooks. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

Originally a Franciscan monastery founded in 1526, the building was elevated to cathedral status in the late 19th century. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

A rocky, tidal island that features an eighth-century Benedictine monastery and fortress. Going to great lengths: Cycling Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

Buildings of note include a Trappist monastery, a soldier’s home and a very old pie company. Review | Berryville, Va.: The publishing world’s best-kept secret 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

She took off three months to travel to India, where, among other things, she meditated at a monastery. Can Kristen Wiig Turn On the Charm? 2011-05-01T08:30:02Z

This spa hotel is a converted 16th-century monastery – the renaissance cloisters house the reception and restaurant – in the cathedral town of El Burgo de Osma in the northwest region of Castile and León. 20 of the best spas in Europe 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

The nearby monastery has a list of rules by which the nuns live, including a dedication to silence and prayer. Perspective | Nontraditional lodging fills a need for pandemic travelers 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

The festival lasted four days instead of the usual two this year to commemorate the 600th anniversary since the monastery was built. Knights do battle at medieval festival in Serbia 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

“I was a novice in a Carmelite monastery for three years,” she said. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Desperate for escape after waking up one morning in a pool of his own blood, he found salvation half a world away at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand known for its drug rehabilitation program. Fighting addiction at a Thai monastery 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

These homeless people were served by young volunteers who shared their guests’ poverty — a modern version of the hospitality that Benedictine monasteries had provided in Europe before the Reformation. Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive? 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

It says St. Catherine’s was founded in the 6th century, and is the oldest Christian monastery still in use for its original function. Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount... 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Our next day in the Olt Valley immersed us in the world of serene Orthodox monasteries along the river. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

Based on a true story, “Of Gods and Men” largely takes place in a Cistercian monastery outside an Algerian village in the 1990s. Film: At Cannes, Films Echoing World Events 2010-05-20T22:16:00Z

This hotel is located a short walk along the river next the monastery, and isn’t far from the center of town. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Ms. Murcutt on how to visit Spain’s many monasteries. Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z

The butler will be on hand to address altitude sickness as well as less urgent tasks like shining shoes and suggesting monasteries to visit. In Tibet, at Heaven's Gate, the Butler Awaits 2010-09-29T21:08:00Z

After a few days of monastery hopping, my spiritual faculty was primed. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

From the 1910s to the 1930s, he amassed parts of dismantled castles, villas, monasteries and churches from across Europe. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

“Whether you are raised in monastery in China or a farm in Nebraska everyone has their singular childhood. I travelled, and I got to be taken seriously, I got to learn a craft I loved.” Jodie Foster: ‘I make movies to figure out who I am’ | Tim Adams 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

That mattered to him, Michalski said, and to compensate, every year he would stay for a week with his cousin at his monastery to "clean his soul". A guide to Witold Lutosławski's music 2013-01-15T11:35:36Z

She is an extern sister, which means she works outside the monastery and is the face of the community to the outside world. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

“It’s meant to be a symphony of grays and stone colors” resembling a monastery, said Michael Snodin, the trust’s chairman. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z

But when the monastery fell on hard times, it donated the scrolls to the Imperial Royal family in 1889 in return for money to refurbish. Inside Art: Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Poussin?s ?Ordination? 2011-09-09T00:01:00Z

Where were we on our voyage when we went ashore for a strenuous hike up a steep, rocky path to an ancient monastery? A chartered sailboat breezes by a cruise liner as the best way to hop the Greek islands 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

“When a man enters a monastery he has to stand before the community and formally respond to a ritual question: Quid petis? ‘What do you ask?’ Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

There are several routes over high passes into starkly beautiful valleys, dotted with hillside monasteries. My Himalayan journey – trekking to Shangri-La 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

Its interior walls, like those of other monasteries in the region, are alive with the icons and scenes from the Bible that long made these monasteries such draws for villagers from throughout the region. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

In an encyclopedic new book, the Italian amari expert Matteo Zed covers the spirit, the bitter drink as old as monasteries and made new in Brooklyn. ‘The Big Book of Amaro’ Chronicles the World of the Bitter Spirit 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

The only bad part of the trip, Kim says, was when she was bitten by a dog in a Buddhist monastery, surrounded by silent monks. Teaching in China leads to love and lifelong travel partners 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

In Cambodia the ship overnights in Phnom Penh after visits to rural pagodas and a Buddhist monastery. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z

As a Benedictine monastery, caring for the Earth is part of the mission. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

There were wall paintings in churches, beautiful alabaster carvings made in the Midlands and sought as far away as Italy, and splendid monasteries. What makes art a target for attack? 2013-07-08T16:23:22Z

Known as the City of 100 Churches, there does seem to be a church on every block and a monastery on every other. Journeys: A New Way to See Sicily 2011-05-06T20:15:00Z

"Believe me, this is very different than being in the monastery." God, family make appearance on Oscar red carpet 2012-02-27T03:02:09Z

From brown ales to golden pilsners to the strong trappist brews produced in monasteries, Belgian beer is enjoyed around the world. Sante! Belgium wants its beer on global culture list 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Krupnikas, a traditional Lithuanian honey liqueur, was first made in monasteries hundreds of years ago. Challah and Brisket, Rethought for Rosh Hashana 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

It was almost as if the monastery were trying to reconstitute itself, piece by piece. Art Review: ‘Golden Visions of Densatil’ Opens at Asia Society 2014-02-20T23:13:05Z

An American aid worker and an Irish boxer enter a monastery but find it difficult to keep the vow of silence. Twitpitch challenge: results revealed 2010-10-01T14:57:00Z

They have distinctive individual moments: workers in bulky coveralls clowning and dancing under Lenin’s portrait; a somber Georgian family taking a roadside meal near an Orthodox monastery. | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z

From his deathbed he gazed up at the hilltop monastery and asked to be buried there. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Father Jernej, abbot at the monastery, said he expected media interest would bring more visitors. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

The Cyprus Church has for decades tried to track down numerous religious icons, mosaics and frescoes stolen from hundreds of abandoned churches and monasteries in the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and sold abroad. UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

It was moved, beam by beam, in 1468 to a less-visible location, behind a graveyard just outside the monastery walls, to protect it from the marauding Tatars. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

The famed Polish composer and his French lover, a novelist known by her male pen name, spent the winter of 1838 at this former Carthusian monastery in Valldemossa. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

For the next 10 years Stephanie lived on and off at that monastery, milking cows, learning Latin, driving a tractor, praying, meditating. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z

A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries, palaces and houses rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. Matera: Italy's magical city of stone 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z

I had heard that he had become a Catholic – he had spent time in a monastery, apparently. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z

Early in 2015, rootless after a breakup, Arlan traveled briefly to Greece, then drifted to a Serbian monastery in the Balkans. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Should they leave their monastery or stay and face almost certain death, despite their good works and strong ties to the townspeople? 2011 Films: ?Melancholia,? ?Tree of Life,? ?Moneyball? 2011-12-17T02:03:03Z

But in time, the monasteries became too opulent for their own good. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

Powerful, austere drama about an Algerian monastery threatened by Islamic fundamentalists. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-04-08T23:07:47Z

The monastery of Saint Anthony is the last surviving one. In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

A restless spiritual hunger prompted a stint in a Benedictine monastery and landed him in India, where he fell in love with “the thick velvet stillness of the land.” Revisiting a Utopian City With Fondness and Fury 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

The Greek Orthodox Church has said that several other American institutions wound up with artifacts looted from the same monastery. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

It is currently unpopulated, though a monastery was founded some time between the sixth and eighth centuries before being abandoned in the late 12th century. Return of the Jedi: Star Wars Episode VIII goes back to Skellig Michael 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

“It is a blessing for the monastic sisterhood at the monastery of Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa to see the contents of their former library slowly being returned to them,” Archbishop Elpidophoros said in a statement. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Hence a papal edict and the creation of a new personage: the monastery as single corpus, an entity of the many made one, the root of the modern corporation. In-work dining at Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook causes spike in divorce rate 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

If you have succeeded at all these past two weeks, it has been only by moving to a no-cellphone-reception cave or an Internet-free monastery. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Columbo’ Approach to NBC’s Late-Night Olympics Coverage 2012-08-10T16:18:28Z

Even our not-so-rigorous Tibetan sojourn — which involved some walking, multiple bus rides and the occasional long or steep climb to a palace or monastery — played havoc with my head, heart and lungs. On a trip to the Himalayas, I learned about altitude sickness the hard way 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

He would show it to people and ask them what it could be: a monastery, a power station, maybe even a giant laboratory? Swansongs of a superpower: Russia's secret architecture 2011-02-07T21:31:01Z

Mr. Fredette, 71, is a former Catholic priest, while Ms. Fredette, 78, spent 30 years in a monastery after high school before leaving to live as a hermit in a cabin in West Virginia. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

Like other forms of English culture nurtured by Catholic institutions, much of this music came to be lost in the upheaval that followed Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Review: Singing the Lone Survivors of Nearly Lost Music 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

In “The Painted Wall,” the Provincial Graduate Zhu visits a Zen monastery where he lingers before a mural, mesmerized by the image of a smiling maiden with unbound hair. Review | The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

About a decade ago, Sister Monica Clare said, convents and monasteries were wary of social media, but they have come to see it as a potentially powerful tool for spreading their message. Living the #ConventLife 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

The fighting continued for another three months before a group of Polish soldiers planted their nation’s flag among the ruins of the monastery, signaling an Allied victory. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

There are several types of temples in Bagan: the solid ones known as stupas or pagodas, which are like monuments; buildings with interior spaces for meditation; and some large enough to serve as monasteries. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

That which you offer you may also receive: This Buddha first found protection in Tibet after India’s Buddhist monasteries collapsed in the late 12th century. Perspective | I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

In 1911 the brilliant harpsichord pioneer Wanda Landowska discovered the piano languishing in the same drafty monastery where Chopin and Sand had stayed. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Touring churches, cathedrals and monasteries suited the hymn-like refrain, but also added poignancy to the Chernobyl and Holocaust museums. The evocative music that inspired my travels: readers' tips 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

You slept and ate at some of the 20 monasteries, never the same one twice, and hiked from one to another. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

In its architecture and interiors, it evokes the ancient churches and monasteries of Europe and contains many precious objects that belie the idea that the medieval world was benighted. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

The grand stained-glass windows are just one of the holdovers from when this hotel stood as an Augustinian church and monastery. Looking to dodge Amsterdam’s crowds? There are three remarkable towns a short train ride away. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

But he sees another link between his old job, the monastery garden and the pope’s letter “on care for our common home.” In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

In a town dotted with monasteries, Namdroling is the most famous of the lot, home to a majestic gold-plated statue of the Buddha. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

“Cultural assimilation is bound to happen, but we have a Tibetan monastery, schools, nunneries and settlements,” said the elected settlement officer of Dharamsala’s Tibetan Settlement Office. Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

I had chosen a room at Casa Felicia, a guesthouse next to a monastery in the village of Sucevita, as my base. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

On day three, we left the trail for a 12-mile side trip to Salem and its monastery, palace and shops. Biking and baring it all on a tour around Europe’s Lake Constance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

So I tried to stay away from the monastery. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Take a break from it all by heading to a monastery or RVing for three years? Review | Matthew McConaughey is ‘alright, alright, alright’ — and thinks you will be too 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

An extended family of tiger-striped cats scooted from monk to monk and up the creaking steps of the monastery, to a balcony that looked out on the soccer pitch and the valley below. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

We swept leaves for about half an hour, and then made offerings of burning incense sticks to a shrine containing the mortal remains of the monastery’s founding abbot. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

All the doors are shut, one moves as if it were an old monastery, past the doors of monks in prayer. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z

Perhaps the most fascinating sight is about 1.5 miles from the center, in a crypt below a Capuchin monastery. Sicilian surprises in Palermo 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Independent travelers in South Korea will find a temple stay at a mountain monastery in Seoul from about $50 a night, including Buddhist rituals and meals from the cultural tour organization Templestay. Asia (Much of It, Anyway) is Back. And So Are Deals for Hotels, Cruises, Tours and More 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z

Merton, who died in 1968, at 53, had taken vows at a Kentucky monastery that decreed he could own few possessions. A Monk’s Interests Captured on Camera 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Its clean designs are built from local hardwoods and are based on classics, like colonial-style monastery chairs. Surfacing: A Santiago Barrio Recreates Its Image 2012-09-14T17:04:34Z

I thought I was following a path to a monastery. Frugal Traveler Blog: Mediterranean Dream Trip Higher-Lights 2011-08-16T19:11:26Z

It is well worth having a peek – the cliff-hanging monasteries are spectacular. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

A 14th-century icon from the monastery of Zverin in Novgorod shows the two brothers wearing an attire that reveals a third component in the complex mix of Russian art — the Middle Eastern element. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z

The Enchey monastery, founded in 1840, is perhaps the most famous, with the entrance flanked by hundreds of Buddhist prayer wheels and flags printed with lines from scripture. Trip Tips: Tea, trains and tales from India's Darjeeling 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

Hoare, who won a scholarship to a monastery school, claims he used to be a snob. Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z

The liveliest dance sequence arrives at the climax of the first act, when Danielle and Henry, who have been visiting a monastery with a particularly rich library, are set upon by a band of Gypsies. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Ms Darke is a journalist and travel writer, and much of her early time in Syria was spent walking its hills and exploring its mosques, churches, monasteries and fortresses. Love story 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

They send Alina back to the monastery, where no one wants her, except for Voichita, who harbors the faint hope that her wild friend can be tamed by developing a love of God. Beyond the Hills: A Neorealist Exorcist 2013-03-08T13:00:06Z

I was just hanging out with them; went to a couple of monasteries and Tibetan people’s houses and started getting into Tibetan culture a little bit. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z

"Here is the idea ... to restore the historic appearance of the place with two monasteries and a church, but giving them, considering today's realities, an exclusively cultural character," the Kremlin's website quoted Putin as saying. Putin wants monasteries, church rebuilt inside Kremlin 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

But after a visit to the Summit monastery, Sister Mary Catharine couldn’t shake the pull of the place. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z

We also learn about Jewish history in the region, meet a Christian priest who sings in Aramaic and visit a monastery that seems almost eerily peaceful, considering the surroundings. Review: Two Battle Diaries From Iraq 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The plateau offers two main activities for travelers: exploring the many monasteries scattered over the plains and trekking. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Even in Soviet times, the Golden Ring was a draw for tourists, starting with the magnificent walled monastery in Sergiyev Posad, about 43 miles from Moscow, dominated by bright blue and gold cupolas. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z

Today the monastery is closed to the public, but the libraries are open to all: a dramatic change from earlier periods when women were rarely permitted entry. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z

I needed a way to get clean with as little attention and expense as possible, and the monastery on the edge of the jungle seemed the only way out. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z

From the peak, Langmusi’s other monastery, Sertri, is easily visible, perched atop a hill on the other side of town, its golden roofs shimmering in the sunlight. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

When I finally returned to the monastery, Frédéric found me sitting alone in the chapel, weak and overwhelmed. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z

Dissolving the monasteries and leasing their land to wealthy laypeople, he knows, will cement the Reformation: “Prayers may be rewritten, but not leases.” Review | ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Outside the monastery there are great walks through the deep wooded gorge and into the surrounding hills. Dark beer and dumplings in Bavaria: a visit to the world’s oldest monastic brewery 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

On a retreat at a Catholic monastery, I resolved to become a nun; I would dedicate myself to God. Experience: I tried to exorcise my sexuality 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

At points of interest — such as the amphitheater, monastery, royal tombs and treasury — users experienced life-size 3-D models and panoramic photos. The future of ‘extended reality’ tourism is now, thanks to the pandemic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

The military offers to provide the monastery with round-the-clock protection, which Brother Christian refuses in a peremptory fashion because, as we soon discover, this would see them as siding with the government against the Islamists. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

The images in this and other Bucovina monasteries were intended to instruct, entertain and enlighten illiterate soldiers and peasants and to underline their loyalties. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z

The monastery operated an art school from the 17th century to 1917 that attracted students from all over Eastern Europe and Russia. Art Review: At Museum of Biblical Art, the ?Glory of Ukraine? 2010-07-01T21:40:00Z

The Chinese government, angered by the latest threat to stability in a chronically troublesome region, barricaded the monastery, brought in paramilitary troops, made hundreds of arrests and cut off Ngaba’s internet. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

Unlike that first suit, which aimed to camouflage a wearer like a piece of tactical gear, Cave’s soundsuits became as inconspicuous as a brass band at a monastery. A Nick Cave Survey With Plenty of Bells but No Whistles 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

But the dissolution of the monasteries sparks a popular rebellion that further shakes Henry’s faith in Cromwell and shows that the common people he wants to help do not necessarily share his religious views. Review | ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

The stunning monastery of Haghartsin is nestled on a forested mountain. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, the monastery, which houses two of the grandest library halls in Eastern Europe, reopened in 1989 after the fall of Communism. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z

He’s a great one for catalogs — for example, this list of the assets of a monastery he’s considering looting: Vestments of red turkey satin and white lawn, wrought with beasts in gold. The Year in Novels So Far; Plus, Hilary Mantel! 2012-05-16T15:37:58Z

His 2010 feature “Of Gods and Men” was set among French monks in an Algerian monastery in the 1990s who face the threat of Islamic militants. A Caper More Chaplinesque Than the Man Himself 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

Maroulis said being in the pastoral setting of a monastery while still in the city heightens the sense of peace and tranquility here. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

In Quebec City, the 17th-century monastery Le Monastère des Augustines provides rooms in the original cloister, breakfast served in silence, workshops in painting and opportunities to hear the nuns singing vespers. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

He also filled me in Spain’s widespread post-conquistador evangelization effort of the local Zapotec people that led the monastery to be built in the first place. Picking a Spot, Any (Undiscovered) Spot, in Mexico 2010-08-18T03:00:00Z

Chuluun, who has also been swept off to the monastery, adapts easily to the institution’s routines and restraints. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

As she walked down the aisle of the same Spanish monastery in North Miami Beach, Fla., where her parents were also wed, Ms. Cerrato-Jorge said she felt like a modern-day princess. Real Wedding Day Looks 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

To do that, a very good resource is GuiasMonasterios.com, which lists monasteries across Spain according to town and region. Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z

The performance is in an outdoor courtyard of a 14th-century monastery. 5 Artists on Working With Trisha Brown 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

While the monastery’s perch on top of fifteen hundred feet of rock provided security, its location, near the main road between Naples and Rome, made the structure an attractive strategic asset. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

One of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism, Mount Putuo boasts monasteries and nunneries galore, as well as temple restaurants with tasty vegetarian fare. 2008-11-09T14:30:00Z

Based on a true story, the film is about ageing French Cistercian monks in a monastery in a remote part of Algeria who find themselves tragically at odds with a new generation of Islamic fundamentalists. The best films for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z

He most likely found the book, perhaps the only copy then in existence, in the German monastery of Fulda, no more than a hundred kilometres from Frankfurt. The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Feigning piety and a high-minded aversion to accepting the crown, he almost had me convinced that he would rather enter a monastery than take the reins of the kingdom. Theater Review: ‘Richard III,’ with Ron Cephas Jones, at the Public Theater 2012-08-12T20:55:37Z

Hiking trails crisscross this islet, also home to two swimming beaches and monastery ruins dating from the 1100s. 36 Hours in Oslo 2013-06-12T16:47:14Z

They continued their cross-country journey and stayed at another monastery, New Camaldoli Hermitage, in Big Sur, Calif. From their peaceful roost overlooking the Pacific, they knew they were onto something. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Medieval monks had their rooms for writing: alcoves in the cloistered walkways of their monasteries. Calligraphers still aiming to be letter-perfect 2011-08-15T15:55:21Z

单词	monastery
例句	monastery For the young priest in training, life at the monastery soon settled into a predictable routine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So many died that the tumbrils used to cart thieves to the gallows were repurposed to carry orphans to the monasteries and convents. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Toward the end of the afternoon, they came upon a Coptic monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The monastery provided him with a home, and a place to read and learn. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then they went to the gardens at the far side of the monastery. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Here, round the King's castle, there were streets—not just one street—and castles of dependent barons, and monasteries, chapels, churches, cathedrals, markets, merchants’ houses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The eye recovered, but Galileo never returned to the monastery and no more was said about becoming a monk. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Out ahead of us, yellow beams of sunlight hit the stone monastery and shine off the glass windows of the church. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The same thing has happened in Trappist monasteries throughout the centuries. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then he shipped you off to a monastery, so his wife wouldn’t find out? You probably don’t see him much. How sad.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I arrived at the Trappist monastery with its two thousand acres of wood and farmlands and entered the courtyard as the monks were chanting Vespers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “For a trip to Nuremberg and a chance to see the Führer in person, I would have promised to enter a monastery,” said Alfons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Jeanne said to him, “Come with us. Let’s stay together. You come to the monastery. How long could that take? Then we can go together and find your parents.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He invited me to go with him to visit Flannery O’Connor the next day, but I told him that since I had only a few hours, I felt I must spend them in the monastery. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, he had carried Robin to another part of the monastery, and showed him where records of everyday living were written and poems and psalteries copied. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z If I were to have my time again, the old King thought, I would bury myself in a monastery, for fear of a Doing which might lead to woe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were home to the monasteries and hospitals where the city's sick used to be brought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been blessed by priests back home—the Enlighteners, they were called, because their monastery was the Place of Full Enlightenment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z William, on the other hand, spoke the high French of the monastery, which was infused with Latin. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They stood in the courtyard of an old compound, like a monastery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His father was horrified, and when the boy developed an eye infection he whisked him away from the monastery to see a doctor in Florence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As they waited, hearts pounding from their flight from the monastery and the strange, terrifying encounter they had had there, Jeanne looked at Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But why complain about not being paid, when those people at the Buddhist monastery pay with their own money to do the same kind of work? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a century Guido's notation started popping up in monasteries almost everywhere. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When I’m finished delivering the telegrams there’s enough time to go to the ancient monastery graveyard where my mother’s relations are buried, the Guilfoyles and the Sheehans, where my mother wants to be buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk and scientist, was working this out in his monastery at about the same time, but Charles was not aware of him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Which is why I was heartbroken when I learned that William had been expelled from the monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Walking to my job, I contemplate life in a monastery. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z I began my recitation with the high spots—Thimphu, the capital; Mongar, a town in the east— and finished the cities before naming the monasteries. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Most of it he contributed anonymously to the monks of a local monastery—humble ascetics who had dedicated their lives to raising German police dogs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Once more the monastery kept its usual round of service to God and humanity. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I telephoned the Trappist monastery at Conyers, Georgia, about thirty miles away and asked if they would receive me for a short visit. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Which, you can imagine, is a problem at a monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Because there were few inns, the monasteries were open for the entertainment of wayfarers, rich and poor alike. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They returned to the gates of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the monasteries that took in foundlings, one was a flagellant order. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then, near the bottom of the first sack, William saw a strange book—it looked beat-up and flimsy, as if made not in a monastery but by some amateur hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z When he came into our home, he immediately fixated on the house as a monastery, the bathroom as the most sacred monastic cell, and my mom as the Abbess. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps more fitting was a short note from one of the younger monks in the monastery: “Gentle, free-handed, and kindly....Flowers he loved.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The alchemist knocked on the gate of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no books in Elinor's kitchen, not one, but they ate an excellent supper there at a wooden table that came, so Elinor assured them, from the scriptorium of an Italian monastery. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I throw in a dab of secondhand Buddhism remembered from a friend’s account of a monastery in northern California where rich people pay to spend their weekends meditating and doing various menial chores, housework included. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One day she took some flat bread sweetened with honey and walked the three-hour journey along the trail to Cho-Lung-Se, where there was a monastery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They went to the kitchen at the back of the monastery. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish Finch were here so we could say, Who dreams of building a monastery in Indiana? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z William’s voice could now be heard throughout the monastery: “Just as peasants can be popes and Jews can teach us the Bible and women can be disciples of Jesus, Muslims can save your very life!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Aren’t they? Tsar Kazimir is working with me to turn them into a monastery. That way, we can provide a place for study and prayer, away from the business of the city.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It either went underground, becoming esoteric or occult, or it was mislaid and would eventually turn up after centuries of lying neglected in some monastery library. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a home—not in the traditional sense—it was a monastery. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had been promoted to the position of abbot of the monastery in Brno, and his administrative responsibilities were now making it impossible for him to continue any plant studies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On clear nights Brother Hubert took him to a high tower of the monastery to tell him of the stars. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "Ah, I do, I do! I am the librarian at the monastery where the boy called William grew up. I know him rather well." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "Now, now, I gotta earn a living, don't I? I don't have some fancy monastery, giving me food, do I?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One month later, on August 24, 1941, they arrived in Japan and went to the monastery, which was run by German monks, to start their jobs on the farm. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There is a small group of Italian oblates at our monastery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We were standing in front of the old chapel of the monastery. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As far as she knew, the monks had worked at desks with sloping tops in the scriptoria of their monasteries, but she kept this information to herself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When I first heard of this monastery I laughed out loud, but now the image of dot-com moguls scrubbing for the good of their souls presents itself as a psychic flotation device. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Security of the Holy Spirit—they guard nunneries and monasteries and that….So we can’t go in that way.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His breed was devised in Tibet for the purpose of guarding monasteries. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z In 1853, he had returned to the monastery and started work as a substitute teacher at the Brno Modern School. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After we were fixed with beds in the high- ceilinged rooms of the partially restored Cistercian monastery, I began talking with some friends I had not seen since leaving the States. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He told her about the monks of Mount Athos, who in their zeal for purity banned not only women from their island monastery but the females of every other species, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi asks what if Father escaped to Tibet after shaving his head and joining a monastery? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Although his income was small, he had no taste for luxury—his experience in the monastery had solidified his natural asceticism while it developed his preference for solitude. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The small patch of land in the monastery garden produced an overwhelming volume of data to analyze—twenty-eight thousand plants, forty thousand flowers, and nearly four hundred thousand seeds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The outer court was far away at the other side of the monastery. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She was already awake—she believed in waking up with the dawn whenever possible—when she heard the bells of a Buddhist monastery chime from her phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Capricorn’s house was a large, bulky building, which might once have been the village hall, a disused monastery, or a school. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Unlike other such churches of the era, it is not planted at the city’s main plaza; instead, the cathedral and its monastery are in an enclosed compound a few blocks away. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z And Mendel, breeding peas and bees in his monastery garden, seems to have missed the full significance of his own studies for Darwinism. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z A few dozen monasteries have sprung up around the stupa. Cultured Traveler: Thin Places, Where We Are Jolted Out of Old Ways of Seeing the World 2012-03-09T21:51:17Z And most famously, Blackfriars, a Dominican monastery on the western flank of the walled city, “with extensive river frontage,” in the Folger’s words, became an early example of waterfront urban development. Exhibition Review: Folger Library Traces London’s Rise 2012-06-28T22:04:46Z “I’m not recommending people move into a monastery,” he said. In Search of Silence 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z First is the crime: the murder of the choir director of a monastery in the deep woods of Quebec. New in crime fiction: Cleverly, Estleman, Koryta, Penny 2012-08-08T19:47:07Z I bought them at museums in Tokyo and Gyeongju, South Korea; a bookstore in Kagoshima, Japan; and a monastery in Hong Kong that’s the site of the world’s largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha. Are postcards a thing of the past? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z After lunch, we leave the calm monastery, crossing the highway that divides the town in two, and join the afternoon walking tour in the visitor’s center. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Amal was supposed to have a picnic with local children, the monasteries a scenic backdrop. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The latter includes Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus, Fred Zinnemann's The Nun's Story and the beautiful episode in a monastery in wartime Italy in Rossellini's Paisa. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z But a sign that seemed to point to a monastery down a turnoff caught my eye. Frugal Traveler Blog: 5 Gems That Weren’t on My Itinerary 2013-04-10T14:39:19Z Her most recent album, “Ouï,” was recorded in a former monastery, and at times it sounds like a one-woman sect reaching psychedelic nirvana. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But theaters aren’t monasteries, and while some movies are better watched in shared, relative quiet, others are better suited to the call-and-response of the volubly engaged audience. In an Era of Streaming, Cinema Is Under Attack 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The head priest at the London Buddhist Vihara monastery has been invited primarily to show the royal family and the British government's respect for Buddhist tradition. British royal wedding guest list details emerge 2011-04-10T15:23:09Z But Spanish sculpture mostly stayed put in the churches, monasteries and convents it was made for. With Splendor and Saints, Hispanic Society Shows Its Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But it remains a wondrous destination for the adventurous traveler, full of captivating scenery, generous and friendly people, and accessible monasteries and holy places nearby. Cups of Tea, Pashminas and Momos, Seeing India’s Himalayas on a Budget 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z They spent nearly a year living with Aborigines in the Australian desert and visited Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India. Art Review \| 'Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present': At MoMA, a Performance Artist Endures 2010-03-11T22:56:00Z Yet Payne’s mother still managed to instill in her daughter the “respect for refined behavior and manners and etiquette” she had picked up before her marriage, when she worked at a Roman Catholic monastery. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But this was the Christmas holiday break, with about half of the monastery residents away on vacation, so prayer schedules and duties are light and rules are relaxed. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z They are on view at, of all places, a former Franciscan monastery, which lies partly in roofless ruins. A Helping of Mexican Culture 2010-08-25T04:07:00Z The destruction of the monasteries, in 1938 and ’39, was accompanied by the murder, jailing, and forced secularization of Mongolia’s monks. Photography: Bringing a Monastery Back to Life 2011-01-19T13:00:03Z Mostly hidden from public view, however, is another garden at the monastery, one for herbs, roses and, increasingly in recent years, vegetable cultivation. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z She travelled to Afghanistan, and lived in a Tibetan monastery for a while. Charlotte Rampling: ‘I’ve got a very restless character. It’s a beast’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z After that, she said, she needed a break, perhaps in India or at a Tibetan monastery. Marina Abramovic Comes Home, and Comes Clean 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Yet Medici wanted to leave a tangible mark, funding churches, hospitals, monasteries and orphanages. From ancient castles to mega-yachts: what history teaches us about the super-rich 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z He clearly struggled deeply with giving up romantic love and sex when he entered the monastery. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Just past the tiny village of Ilias, on the two-lane highway that weaves through the Ceraunian Mountains, a sign pointing down a narrow road indicated a monastery about two kilometers on. Frugal Traveler: On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise 2011-06-29T15:26:28Z The Sviatohirsk monastery is the most famous and beautiful of them, but we also investigated a Soviet-era cultural center, a bilingual community library and a contemporary military commemoration, all now lost. When Cultural Heritage Becomes a Battlefront 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Despondent, he set off on a camel caravan to a monastery on the Sinai Peninsula on a retreat. A Bridge from Moscow to Paris: 130 Works of Modern Art 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Our hotel in Chiang Mai was so close to a monastery that in the morning calm we could hear the monks chanting. Three yogis take on Thailand 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z There on a shelf in a long-forgotten plastic bag were the manuscripts, which are believed to have been stolen from a Greek monastery in the midst of World War I. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z One part of the monastery grounds — tiny caves carved painstakingly out of the rock face — stood in stark contrast. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Six years later, he opened the Kirov Academy, converting a former monastery near Catholic University in Washington into a ballet paradise complete with a theater, dorms, classrooms and studios. A Ballet School Rehired an Embezzler. Then $1.5 Million Vanished. 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z At its peak in the 9th century, the monastery housed as many as 7,000 monks. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z To parse the role of silence in Western history, Brox examines very different institutions where quiet dominated: prison and the monastery. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Tucked away off Ladbroke Grove in central London sits the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, home since 1878 to an order of Carmelite nuns. Film review: No Greater Love 2010-04-08T22:10:00Z Or Cremisan wines, made in an ancient monastery near Jerusalem with grapes trucked across security checkpoints from vineyards in Palestinian territory? Do you pour from a wine bottle for what’s in it — or what’s behind it? 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z I was reminded of our stop at Patmos earlier in the week, when a tour guide identified an icon on a monastery wall as having been painted by El Greco. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Highlights and high points: Meteora, an amazing geological landscape of weathered rock pinnacles topped by medieval monasteries, was really fascinating. A vacation fit for a god: Exploring all of Greece (without a GPS) 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z On the same street, we plunge back into the past by stepping into the Église des Blancs Manteaux, originally a 13th-century monastery for Augustine monks built on land owned by the Templars. My Paris: Seduced by the Past 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The view from the top floor frames a typical expanse in modern Tibetan cities: an old monastery complex, then Chinese apartment sprawl and finally grasslands in the distance that extend into oblivion. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The abbey was a monastery until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. It was rebuilt over the centuries and is now mostly an example of Victorian Gothic architecture. Mark the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death by visiting Bath, a city she called home 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The travelers visit a monastery with its own secrets and dangers, they survive its perils, and discover at last the source of the mist of forgetfulness that covers the land. Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Buried Giant’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z We finally made it to the monastery, built in the 16th century, with its massive walls and towers. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z The herbs are sorted within the monastery, then bags of herbs, labeled only by number, travel to the distillery, now in Aiguenoire. Chartreuse liqueur’s popularity has soared. But how do you market the elixir without offending the monks who make it? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Whether you're sleeping at a former monastery turned five-star hotel or dancing in a onetime nuclear bunker, you'll quickly realize that in Prague, the unconventional is conventional: after all, this is Bohemia. 2010-02-06T04:05:00Z A sitting Buddha from the same era looms over the town’s main street, its damaged face set in a complacent smirk; the original monastery around it was destroyed by American bombings. Footsteps: In Laos, the Lady and the Jars 2012-07-13T16:23:26Z “When he entered the monastery he said, ‘This is the place.” Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Driving to the David Gareja monastery complex in Georgia felt like being on the moon. What a Trip: Georgian wine and the spirit of love on a vacation to the Caucasus 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z And he was a tireless socializer, beloved by an enormous circle of friends, who often yearned for solitude and sometimes hid out in monasteries. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Here, in the cradle of civilization, the building is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Dominic finds his twin brother at a monastery, where Daniel is the petulant prey of a perverted priest. ‘Saint-Narcisse’ Review: A Classic Romance Between Twin Flames 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Buglike and too far away to hear the engine, the enormous machine and its world of commerce and motion are dwarfed by the light and silence of the monastery. Chartreuse liqueur’s popularity has soared. But how do you market the elixir without offending the monks who make it? 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He fits in like a clown in a monastery. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Tidily hedged, with pathways for walking, benches in sunny areas for resting and contemplation, these monastery gardens are as soothing and healing as the herbs the monks grew for medicine and cooking. For a calm garden consider sound and shelter, screens and art 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z It was the latter experience, which included a three-month stay in a Buddhist monastery there, that caused his ideas about cooking to change. \| In Monte Carlo, the First All-Organic Restaurant to Receive a Michelin Star 2014-04-14T20:06:09Z Theologically, it’s tricky; the Germans want further reformation from Henry, who may enjoy breaking up England’s monasteries but seems comfortable enough, doctrinally, with Rome. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z It stretches from a Bible found in a monastery in coastal Brittany that was sacked by the Vikings in the year 917, to a 1904 lithograph showing the original Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z He settled in Kathmandu, Nepal, and eventually went on to Tibet, where he made life-size digital photographs of centuries-old mural cycles in Buddhist monasteries. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z The nuptials took place "in a private family monastery on the Dalmatian coast," Seltzer said. Stana Katic of 'Castle' weds in Croatia 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Now, looming ahead of us is Likir monastery, the archetypal Ladakhi gompa, a jumbled ziggurat of whitewashed buildings scattered higgledy-piggledy over an outcropping, their carved casement windows peering out over an amphitheater of high mountains. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one Karma had a higher purpose, and ducked into the monastery to ask the lama for his blessings for the next day’s flight. My Return to Nepal, in Memoriam 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z There is something of a tradition of films set in monasteries and convents or, rather, two traditions: one sentimental and pious; the other bracing and meditative. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z She summered at the family’s Cistercian monastery in eastern France, the Romanesque Fontenay Abbey. Andrée Putman, Global Interior Designer, Dies at 87 2013-01-21T03:48:51Z This density of variation is contrasted with another drowned bell at Selsey, literally swept away along with St Wilfrid's monastery but which is still heard by fishermen venturing near the treacherous sandbanks. The Fabled Coast by Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood - review 2012-08-03T21:55:09Z He was young when he began to study piano; soon enough, if he wasn’t joining his uncles to pray in the monasteries of Mount Athos, he was spending his Saturdays leading scratch ensembles at home. A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z They swept through monasteries, melting down copper urns for shrapnel, ripping up floorboards for firewood, sitting on sacred scroll paintings and eating boiled yak hide torn from temple drums. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z "A Catalan through and through" and someone who believed "only God creates," he was inspired in part, as footage reveals, by the mountainous setting of the monastery of Montserrat, a Catalan holy place. 'Sagrada' visits Gaudí's cathedral, built with faith 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Like so many, Wyatt easily shifted his support of Catherine of Aragon to Anne Boleyn, and with it his faith; he also made a tidy sum out of the dissolution of the monasteries. Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's Forest by Susan Bridgen - review 2012-12-14T22:55:11Z Scores of monasteries, abbeys and retreat centers of all faiths in the United States open their doors to people seeking quiet contemplation and personal retreats. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Suddenly, monasteries don't seem such a bad idea. Not the Booker prize 2012: The Casablanca Case by Simon Swift 2012-10-03T10:07:25Z Two lively autobiographical works: In the first the Thai writer and musical prodigy becomes the “ghost composer” for a Washington politico; in the second, an unexpected midlife epiphany leads to a Buddhist monastery. Review \| Forget trendy bestsellers: This best books list takes you off the beaten track 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Their courtship includes a visit to a monastery known as “The Wonder.” ‘To the Wonder’: Twirling together the best, worst of Terrence Malick 2013-04-11T20:41:41Z The centerpiece is the 1692 Iglesia de Porta Coeli, one of the oldest church structures in the Americas, which was originally used as a monastery chapel but now houses a small museum. Finding sun and seclusion by beach-hopping on Puerto Rico’s west coast 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The settlement is strewn with monasteries and nunneries, with rows of fluttering prayer flags everywhere. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z As they flee, she and the greyhound meet Jacob, a Jewish boy, and William, an orphan who lives in a monastery. Adam Gidwitz tells story of holy hound in ‘The Inquisitor’s Tale’ 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Then I wandered through the halls of the monastery, guessing at what rooms served as the monks’ sleeping chambers. Picking a Spot, Any (Undiscovered) Spot, in Mexico 2010-08-18T03:00:00Z And so we swam, like crazed Olympic sprinters, from a cobblestone Italian town square to a serene island monastery in the middle of glittering Lago d’Orta. Overnighter: The Secret Little Sister of the Italian Lakes 2012-09-20T16:21:42Z The monastery runs its own guesthouse on the grounds, with simple but very comfortable and spotless rooms. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z But unlike an art gallery, the white walls here remain unadorned, at the insistence of Mr. Helfenstein, who attended high school in a Benedictine monastery. On Location: For the Director of the Menil Collection, an Unadorned Home 2011-11-10T03:30:31Z After our chat, the three of us walk along the dusty gravel road that hugs the side of the monastery, trying to stay under the shade of the cape lilac trees. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Scully has also replaced the monastery’s eight windows with red, ochre and blue stained glass, bathing the interior in color. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Much of “Dissolution” came to her while she was living in silence and isolation in a Trappist monastery in Israel. Retrospectives of the Filmmaker Nina Menkes 2012-02-19T03:37:17Z The monastery grounds are carved into the slope of a chestnut forest. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Luther wrote, “Marriage is a better school for the character than any monastery, for it’s here that your sharp corners are rubbed off.” Visiting Germany’s Lutherland during 500th anniversary 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z “Brox writes beautifully about the silence woven through daily tasks and between prayers in the medieval monastery,” our colleague Gal Beckerman declares in an essay devoted to two books on the subject. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Greenblatt reprints a curse that one monastery placed in its manuscripts upon those who neglect to return books. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z It is the last prayer before lunch at the monastery and novice Buddhist monks are giggling and fidgeting with their bowls in a hall overflowing with maroon robes. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Few stay, however, and fewer still venture further than the central monasteries – a shame, as the island abounds in good beaches, and the interior is a rural idyll. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The puppet would not be prevented from crossing the municipality’s main town of Kalambaka on its way through Greece, the council decided, but would not be allowed in villages close to the monasteries. Giant Puppet Ruffles Some Feathers on a Long Walk Through Greece 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The setting is a monastery in the bare Romanian countryside, where Orthodox nuns live simple lives of worship and hard work under the direction of a priest and his wife. ‘Beyond the Hills’: Love, faith collide in Romanian monastery 2013-03-28T22:00:12Z At least in winter when outdoor activities are limited, Georgia’s most notable attraction is its monasteries. High in the Mountains and Monasteries of Georgia 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z My circumstances gave me some unique insight into the workings of the monastery and its unusual detox technique. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z The newly formed Levant Company began an illegal trade shipping old tin and lead, stripped from deconsecrated churches and monasteries, to the Ottomans to reforge as armaments. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Then, on Thursday nights, I traveled to the monastery, where I prayed, walked in the desert and talked to Frédéric. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Virtually all of the Orthodox Christian monasteries in Pereslavl are in various states of renovation. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z In the 1980s work began on rebuilding the monastery, and today’s temple is slowly returning to some of its former glory and size. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z He was given the assignment of retrieving archives that had been stored for safety in Pavia, in the monastery complex known as the Certosa. James S. Ackerman, Author of Enduring Books on Architecture, Dies at 97 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z I needed a way to get clean with as little attention and expense as possible, and the monastery on the edge of the jungle seemed the only way out. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z Dominican monasteries are essentially engines of prayer; singing, which the nuns do seven times a day, is a deeper, fuller way of praying, Sister Mary Catharine said, “because we are using our whole person.” Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s an ecumenical monastery and even the sisters are of varying Christian denominations. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Steinke’s opening missive to O’Connor is a case in point, a report from a monastery where she is on retreat. The art of public correspondence 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z On the island of Hvar some of the group went to a concert in an old monastery. A 16-woman bike tour of the Dalmatians, off Croatia’s coast 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It is currently unpopulated, though a Christian monastery was founded some time between the sixth and eighth centuries before being abandoned in the late 12th century. Remote Irish island to feature in Star Wars: Episode 7 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z I went alone to Kopan Buddhist monastery, near Kathmandu, for two weeks to learn meditation and mindfulness but once there found myself among a hundred like-minded people from all over the world. 10 life-changing retreats worldwide: readers’ travel tips 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Purporting to be a lost manuscript written in Latin that had been rediscovered in modern times, “The Name of the Rose” was set in a 14th-century monastery where monks kept turning up dead. Umberto Eco, best-selling author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dies at 84 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The boulevard, which follows the course of a stream that was eventually diverted, was home to convents and monasteries before the anticlerical riots of 1835 destroyed many of them. In Spain, Searching for Ancestors, Dry Wine and Calm Seas 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z I entered the compound through a heavy wooden gate and saw nuns walking about the spacious lawn surrounding the monastery. The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We visited massive monasteries deep in the mountains and nearly perfectly preserved medieval villages. Romania and Bulgaria by bus, train and minivan He also lovingly sketched Ukraine’s rural thatched huts, monasteries, forts, wooden chapels and synagogues, and harbors full of schooners. Antiques: Current Events Imperil Ukrainian Museum Show 2014-04-24T21:32:44Z Spartan accommodations with lovely views in a former monastery. Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z They stumble across the ghostly abandoned villages of their kin and discover an ancient monastery carved into the rocks where the lamas are leaving for more fertile climes. Hong Kong film festival offers view of a changing China 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z “You cannot imagine how such a small country has everything: national parks, mountains, beaches, night life, history, Orthodox monasteries,” said Nina Batlak, a Dubrovnik-based product manager for Super Luxury Travel, which offers trips in Montenegro. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z For Mother Dolores, who is the abbey's prioress, the monastery has been home since she was a 24-year-old actress in 1963 and walked away from Hollywood for a life of contemplation and prayer. Nun famous for kissing Elvis prays for miracle 2011-12-24T04:08:04Z After graduation Mr. Blanco moved to Brooklyn and worked as Disco D’s intern, an experience he likened to being a monk in a kung fu monastery. Pop: Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5 2013-01-05T05:03:03Z He showed me the remains of a medieval monastery ringed with olive trees, explaining that papal documents from the 12th century attest to the existence of olive trees there. In Umbria, an Italian Olive Oil Worth the Accolades 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Together they visited old monasteries and dungeons, and Gidwitz began recording interesting facts and ideas. Adam Gidwitz tells story of holy hound in ‘The Inquisitor’s Tale’ 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “I suppose I will run out of money,” he wrote in 1940 to his mentor Mark Van Doren, upon announcing his desire to join a monastery. A Monk’s Interests Captured on Camera 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Climb thousands of stairs and stay overnight in monasteries along the 32-mile main path. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z Their motive has been to dispel the long-held view, especially in the West, that these often small, transcendent works were made by unlauded artisans toiling away in monasteries and imperial workshops. Art Review: Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art 2011-09-29T22:39:43Z Churches and monasteries dot the landscape in impossibly beautiful settings, like the medieval Gergeti Trinity Church, an architectural gem nestled in fields of wildflowers. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z His older sister said he was best suited for life in a monastery, and Pedro pointed out that he had a problem with dependency. Brother rescues 400 lost works from storage unit by late Spanish artist Gil Cuatrecasas 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z In the pitch dark, we sneaked back into the monastery and lay on the ground. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z From Monte Cassino, monks went out and set up monasteries across the Christian world. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z How do you find monasteries that are open to guests? Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z It operated as a monastery until this spring, when it was levelled by Islamic State. Islamic State reported to destroy historic tombs in ancient city of Palmyra, Syria 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The letter found its way to "Juliet's tomb", another location of dubious authenticity, in the crypt of a monastery just outside the city walls. Dear Juliet: the fans who write to Shakespeare's heroine 2010-05-19T19:59:00Z Those in the balcony, however, were unfamiliar with James, and by the third act were fed up with Guy’s vacillations, and disgusted when he chose life in a monastery over the widow. The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z A trail up to the peak of Cozia Mountain begins in the monastery’s orchard. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Chuluun studies at a Buddhist monastery tucked in the shadow of a volcano in Mongolia. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “I live like a monk, and this is my monastery,” he said, gesturing toward the sea. In the Netherlands, exploring the Wadden Sea — on foot 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z He is also charged with looking after hundreds of churches, monasteries, George and Dragon pubs, cities including Moscow and countries including Ethiopia, Lithuania and Greece. Celebrate St George's Day by twinning with dragon's hometown 2010-04-22T16:08:00Z She speaks of these spaces where silence reigned as now being in ruins, both the monasteries and the prisons. The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z A roar of excitement exploded when the singer Sajid Hussain Jannaty appeared on stage, against a backdrop of cliffs dotted with the remains of Buddhist cave monasteries over a millennium old. Silk Road festival, Afghanistan: goat polo, tug-of-war and dreams of peace 2013-07-08T18:03:54Z The guesthouse, located on the monastery grounds, offers simple but spotless rooms in a historic setting. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z In a courtyard of the monastery, the Yucetepe restaurant offers a spectacular view of the surrounding sea. A Turkish Idyll Lost in Time 2011-07-08T19:03:11Z After lunch, I developed a serious blister — perhaps the man at the monastery had been right about my bad shoes after all. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Two months after I arrived in Damascus, I left the city for the monastery to undergo the monthlong Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Teresa did not imprison herself in an interior castle of mysticism but reformed an order and founded 17 monasteries, traveling all over Spain. ‘Teresa, My Love,’ Julia Kristeva’s Latest Novel 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Beginning in the 6th century, Skellig Michael was home to hermits, who used the dramatic rocky island to build a monastery and beehive huts in which to live sparsely and pray. Don’t want to kiss the Blarney Stone? Take a boat to a different rock: Skellig Michael. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Since my first silent retreat, I’ve gone on four more, including at a Catholic monastery that welcomes people of all religions or none at all. Four days of silence 2012-10-16T00:00:00Z As well as a historical centre for theosophy, spiritualism and alternative medicine, the town is home to a Buddhist monastery and the Dalai Lama’s unofficial home in North America. The best towns and small cities in the US: Ithaca, New York state 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z At the monastery church of Voronet, I found that no labels do justice to the images that ring the exterior. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z From this we walk to a second, smaller enclosure, measuring the same size as the refectory of the Santa Maria Delle Grazie monastery, where “The Last Supper” still resides. Art Review: Adding Bells and Whistles to Leonardo 2010-12-05T22:48:00Z The journey ends in Shangri-La, home of the largest Tibetan monastery in Yunnan. In Transit Blog: China, With You Behind the Wheel 2014-03-12T20:15:43Z Nature excursions and treks to hillside monasteries, seaside villages and remote beaches are something of a ritualistic pastime on Hydra and nearly always a group effort. Cultured Traveler: Latest Stop on the Art Circuit? Hydra, Greece 2011-08-12T15:02:07Z I was halfway down Block 1 at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, peering into a cell for a thief imprisoned in 1829, when I realized the place resembled a Carthusian monastery. Tourists make time for a Philadelphia museum where felons did theirs 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z At a medieval monastery in northern France, he edited out a sofa leg that would have marred a boudoir’s sightlines. Antiques: Giving a Craftsman His Due 2012-09-27T21:56:26Z It’s a region known for its bewildering number of churches, convents and monasteries. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z He shares the crypt at the end of a narrow white-painted corridor below the monastery church with his son, two grandchildren and some of their wives. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z On December 10, 1941, a young man named Thomas Merton was received as a novice by a monastery in Kentucky, the Abbey of Gethsemani. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Langmusi, a high-elevation town that splits the Gansu and Sichuan border, draws smaller crowds of backpackers in the summer for grassland treks and glimpses of its two smaller monasteries. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In front of us, part of the monastery was undergoing construction to house these new recruits; a new two-story dormitory was being added. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z Both tombs — cenotaphs, actually, as the mortal remains were buried elsewhere — were originally housed in the Chartreuse de Champmol, a Carthusian monastery in Dijon, the Burgundian dynasty’s official center of power. Last Chance: ?Mourners,? Many Faces of Grief, at Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-12T21:46:00Z One of my favorite pictures is of a sixth-century Greek Orthodox monastery. \| Echoes of Enlightenment 2014-03-12T14:00:28Z And is it fair to say that life would not be worse – and might actually be marginally more bearable – if you switched the Beatles for Muse and decided to join a monastery? Here's a thought: what if The X Factor had never existed? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z All suites boast views of Prague Castle, the monastery or garden courtyards. 2010-02-06T04:05:00Z After rising through the ranks of his monastery, the young monk was duly appointed a professor of the Bible at the small university town of Wittenberg. How well do we know our heroes? A new book shows the darker side of Martin Luther 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Their show features the vivid stag and buffalo dances, by which the monks invoke the guardian deities of the Tashi Lhunpo monastery; also the dance of the lord of death which evokes Buddhist philosophy. This week's new dance 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z A lot of Britain's medieval heritage was destroyed in the Reformation by two devastating onslaughts – Henry VIII's ransacking of monasteries and the iconoclastic rage of the Puritans. The middle ages invented fine art ... and Britain itself 2012-08-08T15:40:27Z Artist Bob and Roberta Smith called the cuts "the biggest culture bashing since the book burnings of the 1930s and the dissolution of the monasteries". Turner prize won by Susan Philipsz 2010-12-06T23:24:00Z Other sights include churches and monasteries, and the Casa de las Conchas, a historic building decorated with hundreds of scallop shells. 10 smaller European Capitals of Culture you may not have heard of 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Much better, however, is to park on the quayside in Kelheim, three miles downstream, and catch one of the frequent boats that follow the winding gorge to the monastery landing stage. Dark beer and dumplings in Bavaria: a visit to the world’s oldest monastic brewery 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Many on the hotel staff spoke English, and the setting — a converted 16th-century monastery — was built for peace and contemplation. A passion for soccer helps unite one of the world’s most diverse countries 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z From coastal isles to Alpine valleys, Orthodox monasteries are strewn across the country, many covered in vivid frescoes of elongated, big-eyed saints depicting stories from the Bible. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z He served me sweet apple juice from the monastery orchard. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z While the show contains bowls, vases, lacquerware and woodblock-printed books, the bulk is black ink painting, made by medieval monks working in Zen monasteries. The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Behind a gated entrance, the monastery is a kind of oasis, with native plants adding a splash of color to the high, white walls. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Explore the basilica, monastery and the royal palace apartments on the second floor. For an expansive sampling of Portugal, make Lisbon your home base — then plan day-trips to these coastal villages and medieval cities 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s, the friars — by then aging and/or absorbed by their ministries — realized that if the monastery were to cling to its agrarian roots, it would need help. Reviving monastery’s city farm, started a century before urban agriculture was cool 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Most distinctive to the monastery is the black hat dance in which the monks narrate the legend of how a religious community escaped a tyrant's persecution. This week's new dance 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z This gently perceptive observes the life of the nuns within the Carmelite monastery of Most Holy Trinity, established in London's Notting Hill in 1878. No Greater Love 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z Even when I’m not in a monastery, I still very much live that lifestyle. ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Has a New Satine. She’s Amazed She’s Back on Broadway. 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z After two monasteries, a couple of churches and a peek over Pereslavl’s earthen ramparts, we decided to stop for a quick bite. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z He lives half the year here, and half in a monastery in Karnataka, India. Up Close: Even the Dalai Lama Needs a Point Man 2010-05-19T18:57:00Z The communists exercised a certain brutality on the city's fabric, demolishing dozens of churches and monasteries, but they also left further monuments that inspire ambivalent admiration. City of wood 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z After 30 years in a monastery, he decided to return to secular life and even married, badly and briefly. Review: Bada Shanren, Chinese Art Superstar, Takes a Bow at the Freer 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z During the Second, the slips were moved to a monastery to escape the bombing of Munich. Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting) 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The monk's body would be kept at his monastery on a forested hill outside the Nepali capital to allow followers to pay their last respects. In change of heart Nepal to allow cremation of Tibetan monk 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Zeliv’s main attraction is a sprawling monastery complex, dominated by the majestic church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. On the Trail of Gustav Mahler 2010-10-15T13:30:00Z Nepal will allow a monk prominent in Tibetan Buddhism to be cremated in a monastery in Kathmandu, a minister said on Tuesday, disregarding fears of possible anti-China protests by his followers during the funeral. In change of heart Nepal to allow cremation of Tibetan monk 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The world was as it might have been 1,500 years ago, when St. Kevin founded the monastery below, and I wondered how long I could stay right where I was. Lost in Ireland 2010-10-22T21:19:00Z Ten years later I was staying in a tiny monastery deep in a Thai forest. True secrets of psychedelics: Are they everything they’re cracked up to be? 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z His boxed sets, many of which are part of institutional collections, contained vellum sheets inscribed and painted at European monasteries between the 12th and 16th centuries. Yale Buys Collection of Scattered Medieval Pages 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In South Dagon, a hot and dusty satellite town in outer Yangon, Kyi Sein, 35, sits on the floor of a monastery, waiting to be seen by a volunteer doctor. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z She had planned to visit the Greek World Heritage site of Meteora, known for Orthodox monasteries perched upon towering rocks. Little Amal Arrives in New York, With a Message of Hope and Humanity 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Wadsworth’s strength at handling crowd scenes is clear from the prologue, set in a monastery near Moscow in 1598, where the police are bullying a crowd into begging Boris to accept the throne. Music Review: Ruthless Czar, Haunted by Doubts 2010-10-12T19:51:00Z And we quietly urge you to pick up Jane Brox’s book “Silence,” which considers the uses and abuses of enforced quiet from monasteries to prisons. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z When it’s not holding silence retreats, Eremito in Umbria, Italy, modeled on a historic monastery, offers workshops in Gregorian chant. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He was certain the monastery would be lost. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The cluster of houses around a monastery is home to a few hundred inhabitants. In Southwest Germany, Charming Day Trips From a Charming Town 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z One of the most influential and enduring models is the cloister garden of medieval monasteries. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z In Greece, he travels from monastery to monastery, picking up Greek from the monks. Q&A: Reflecting on a Writer’s Walk Through Europe 2014-03-21T16:44:21Z But he also said that he frowns on affluent travelers taking advantage of welcoming monasteries. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z I stayed one night in a grand former Franciscan monastery, where my room overlooked a tranquil arcaded courtyard. In Southwest Colombia, Treasures Are Forbidden No More 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z I passed three monasteries, wedged into rocky nooks, built between the 14th and 17th centuries. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z But the relative ease of 20 minutes sitting at your computer has a shortcoming: it’s much easier to get distracted than it is in a monastery. Headspace Guide to Meditation: can Netflix deliver enlightenment in 20 minutes? 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z “What I didn’t quite realize was that the monastery there is modeled after a traditional one in Tibet, and that we would actually be chanting in Tibetan,” they recall. An Artist Whose Buddhist and Painting Practices Converge 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z His three frescoes — further abstract grids of bright, contrasting pigment — complement the four CorTen candlesticks, spare frames of metal, along with a further stained glass artwork in one of the monastery's three apses. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z In the Golden Ring towns — several of them, anyway — this means decent, occasionally even charming hotels, functional phones and Wi-Fi, better restaurants and innumerable churches and monasteries lovingly rescued from Soviet-era neglect. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z As Sundeen vividly recounts, Suelo tried everything before freeing himself from cash: vegan farming collectives, meditating in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, even living off the land in the Alaskan wilds. 'The Man Who Quit Money': Foreswearing the almighty dollar 2012-03-01T00:12:03Z Located in Borough Market, Alcoholic Architecture sits on the site of an ancient monastery. A New Bar in London Lets You Breathe in Cocktails 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z By the time we reached Rocamador, a rural hotel and restaurant in a 500-year-old former monastery, it was 11 p.m. and our stomachs were growling. 2010-01-14T03:45:00Z I was retracing the steps of Charles Dickens, who ascended this same pass to get to the monastery while living in Switzerland in 1846. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z As Peyangki finds connection to the outside world, he becomes tempted to leave the monastery — especially as he strikes up an online relationship with a woman. ‘Sing Me a Song’ Review: Technology vs. the Contemplative Life 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z What to do You must walk up from the port to see the monasteries. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Fleeing Nationalist forces, the Red Army marauded through monasteries. ‘Eat the Buddha’ Reports From the ‘World Capital of Self-Immolations’ 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z For foodies, there are countless fine dining establishments in the region, some of which are housed in monasteries and mansions perched atop lush hills. Love bubbly? Visit this sparkling wine region instead of Champagne 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z While other Ming notables were being murdered or committing suicide, Bada entered a monastery and started behaving oddly: going mute for long periods; laughing, screaming or weeping randomly; spinning in circles in the marketplace. Three years and $56 million later, Seattle Asian Art Museum is reinvented and set to reopen 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Leave him alone and instead, trace round the river back into town past round-towered Holy Trinity Church, and yet more ruins: the old monastery behind deconsecrated St Mary's. Bungay - the perfect country retreat 2010-12-21T10:57:00Z It's where he burnt the cakes, and later built a fort and a monastery in gratitude to God for his victory. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z Many of the mural-covered monasteries and churches survive, nestled in a valley, having withstood the withering summer sun and winter winds for centuries. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Equally impressive architectural feats are located within the monastery itself, including the main shrine and a massive, soon-to-open complex known as the Grand Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Top 10 cultural sights in Hong Kong 2013-01-21T10:33:00Z Paths pass timber-frame houses, medieval monastery ruins and the haunting towers, arches and gorges of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains that inspired artists of the Romantic Movement. On Trails Less Traveled in Europe 2013-04-19T14:56:55Z When his popularity as an author made it more difficult to achieve solitude, he retreated even further, living for long stretches by himself in a toolshed in the hills of the monastery grounds. The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Here’s an issue of Monks Pond, the folded-and-stapled literary magazine that he put together at the monastery in the mid-sixties. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z His most significant find, located in a German monastery, was a copy of Lucretius’ “On the Nature of Things,” which had been lost to history for more than a thousand years. Books of The Times: ?The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,? by Stephen Greenblatt 2011-09-27T21:00:22Z She and Gébler fled to the Isle of Man, only for her father and his henchmen, among them an abbot from a Cistercian monastery, to follow in a private plane. Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-09-29T23:05:14Z He’s sardonically morbid in “My Own Version of You,” a skulking waltz with a Frankenstein-like narrator who’s scouring “morgues and monasteries” for body parts to bring someone to life. Bob Dylan Still Bristles on ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z They are allowed to sneak in a few kisses, because the pottery barn is off the monastery premises. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Who Is Getting a Hometown Date? 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The Greek Orthodox Church sued Princeton University four years ago to try to recover four manuscripts many scholars believe were looted from the same monastery. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Going to the monastery, he finds his own world, his own soul.” New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z Yet the enclave now ranks among the city’s most diverse, with a Buddhist temple alongside a Benedictine monastery, and Mandarin, Spanish and Korean often overheard. Five Places to Go in Chicago 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Born in the aftermath of the Great Depression’s financial reserve and material minimalism, Sister Mary Joseph’s transition to the monastery felt simple. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z Architectural historians have described the monastery churches, some shaped like gnomes in slouch hats, as Byzantine churches built with Gothic hands. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Fitzgerald favored defrocking them or isolating them in monasteries, rather than turning them over to the authorities. Pick of the week: The case that unlocked the Catholic scandal 2012-11-16T00:59:00Z A group of novices lead makeshift soccer games using a can of Coca-Cola as a ball, and at night sneak away from the monastery to watch the Cup in a nearby cottage. These Soccer and World Cup Movies Have Big Goals 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z I can't say this has been like a visit to a monastery for five years or anything. Director John McTiernan prepares to appeal sentence 2010-10-07T00:50:00Z They placed their acquisitions in temples, shrines and monasteries, as sanctified aids to spiritual reflection. ‘Collecting Paradise’ at the Rubin: A Curious Case of Divergence 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z For centuries, Umbrian farmers were small producers of diverse crops, fully occupied by feeding their own families and supplying the local castles and monasteries. Umbria, Italy’s Best-Kept Culinary Secret, Is Budding 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The hilltop monastery, in the historic residential neighborhood of Alfama, offers some of the finest views of the city. Lisbon Insiders Reveal the City's Best Restaurants, Hotels and Shopping Destinations 2014-02-27T05:00:00Z The monastery was founded in the fifth century and is one of the oldest in the Greek region of Macedonia. Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z He entered the monastery three days after Pearl Harbor; he died a month after Richard Nixon was elected to his first term as President. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z I travel out of the city to the former Benedictine monastery at Breitenau, its Romanesque chapel turned into a PoW camp in the 1870 Franco-Prussian war. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z In the mid-1980s, she left Ethiopia and settled into an Ethiopian Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, spending the rest of her life there. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Barefoot pilgrims walk an even more vertical path there, culminating in a dark, rock-hollowed room in the monastery housing the tomb of St. Basil, where a priest blessed each visitor individually. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Another window overlooks the Miljacka River and the Latin Bridge, which leads to the green steeple of the Franciscan monastery and the snow-capped mountains beyond. Seven Places in Europe We Call Home 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But the Riviera is the Riviera, and walking in medieval towns and monasteries and on the seaside boulevards of Nice and Cannes is all free. Frugal Traveler: Fast Cars, Medieval Villages 2011-05-31T19:19:09Z And yet he would depart from the monastery after only two years, bound for the Catholic priesthood, but in a more public mode. The Modern Monkhood of Thomas Merton 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z They would not, because there was no monastery at the end of that road either. Frugal Traveler: On the Albanian Riviera, a Frugal Paradise 2011-06-29T15:26:28Z How could medieval monasteries use them to coordinate prayer six or seven times a day? Museum Review: National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, Pa. - Review 2011-09-08T22:42:06Z The radio was one of many things Merton was glad to leave behind when he entered the monastery. Kinds of Silence 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z He said the church hopes that other organizations with manuscripts stolen from the monastery would also return them. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Philosophical Hall, which was created in part to house books from monasteries that did not survive Joseph II’s decrees, features imposing walnut bookcases that ascend to an ornately frescoed ceiling. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z I’ve encountered this, not in monasteries, motels or bed-and-breakfasts but in a class of painfully hip boutique hotels that seem to think travelers want to shower in a space lit like Hernando’s Hideaway. The Getaway: Inside the Evolving Hotel Bathroom 2013-12-10T19:36:36Z Father Tuderti says he hopes that the statue’s notoriety will bring more visitors to the monastery, which runs a bed-and-breakfast. Nude Christ by Michelangelo, Long Forgotten, to Be Shown in London 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In fact, he told Bogdanovich he once made pictures in both languages almost simultaneously on a pristine site in rural New Jersey owned by an open-minded Benedictine monastery. Director Edgar G. Ulmer gets his due at LACMA 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z He learned that a tattoo of a church or a monastery indicated a thief, with the number of cupolas reflecting the number of the inmate’s convictions. Decoding Russian Prison Tattoos 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z A fundamental unity of purpose and values prevents any significant culture war within the monastery between women hailing from different eras of the past century and different experiences around the globe. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z According to Mr. Schwartz, one of every 20 inhabitants was either a monk or a nun, because the town was a home to prestigious monasteries. From Hell to Heaven in the Hometown of Bosch 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In 1924, the Gills and their entourage moved to a former monastery, Capel-y-ffin, in South Wales, giving Jones the opportunity to return to what was for him the dream-bright land of his forefathers. Reviving the Art of David Jones 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Many trails intersect with ancient monasteries and churches. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Both parents died early, and he was coerced by his guardian into a monastery and later into taking the vows of priesthood. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z And all across Portugal, the typically blue designs of azulejos — ceramic tiles — are spread across churches, monasteries, castles, palaces, university halls, parks, train stations, hotel lobbies and apartment facades. 12 Treasures of Europe 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Which means that any concerns in Ladakh are far outweighed by the extraordinary surroundings: scorched desert landscape, the milky-blue Indus River, glassy peaks and ancient white monasteries. Journeys: In India, Luxury Arrives in a Himalayan Haven 2011-01-21T19:55:00Z Friday evening started with a walk from our base at the Augustine Hotel, a contemporary structure connected to a 13th-century monastery, located in the Lesser Town section of Prague. Swapping a boat for a bus to explore Prague, Vienna and Budapest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Travelers visit monasteries and Tibetan families and hike along a pilgrimage route to Mount Kawagebo. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z While a post-apocalyptic novel set in a monastery may not strike most readers as rich terrain for comedy, “A Canticle for Leibowitz” is a surprisingly funny book, in small ways and large. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Of course the main draws remain a network of exquisite monasteries and temples and untouched countryside — all in a country that puts happiness ahead of G.D.P. The 46 Places to Go in 2013 2013-01-11T16:15:59Z This debut collection features tales that leap across time, class and place, from a 16th-century English monastery to the antebellum South to present-day, inner-city Philadelphia. Paperback Row 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He was spending a couple of days at a monastery in New Jersey. "The Last Dalai Lama": The spiritual leader gets deep into neuroscience in new doc 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Even a digression about the catacombs in an Italian monastery includes some Jell-O symbolism. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Soon I was visiting the monastery almost every weekend. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Suddenly, to the right, there is a gorgeous view of the monastery of El Escorial. 10 of Europe’s best rural train journeys 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z After 16 years working in monasteries, he became a refugee and crossed the Himalayas on foot. Review \| A Tibetan refugee hopes to build community around his D.C. hot pot spot 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z They found underground chambers where fleeing Nazis hid tens of thousands of paintings and sculptures, and they prevented the advancing Allies from bombing ancient monasteries. Not All Monuments Men Were Men 2014-01-29T18:13:42Z With the $300,000 MacArthur grant, she bought a former monastery in Umbria, Italy, and turned it into an international theater center. Ellen Stewart, Off Off Broadway Pioneer, Dies at 91 2011-01-13T18:11:40Z Known for its moody monasteries and sparkling Lake Ohrid, this former Yugoslav republic is making a play for adventure foodies, too. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z One of the newest and most exciting is Beauty Farm, a sextet of male singers from Germany and Belgium based in the cultural center at the former Carthusian monastery of Mauerbach, Austria. Classical recordings: early voices in new lights 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z While the orthodox condemned him, the implication that errors were embedded in church tenets made him a hero to some, including an obscure young man seeking certitude in a monastery in Wittenberg. Erasmus vs. Luther — a Rift That Defined the Course of Western Civilization 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The manuscripts will be sent back to the monastery, and their return is to be commemorated on Friday in a repatriation ceremony in Lower Manhattan. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z During the Soviet era, many churches and monasteries were closed, and the chant tradition was suppressed. music: In Georgia, Sacred Chants Reverberate Once Again 2010-08-06T22:14:00Z Forget the romance of its production site, an ancient Benedictine monastery in the mountainous Alto Adige in the Tyrolean northeast. 20 Wines for Under $20: Weeknight Pleasures for Relaxed Evenings 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Once this was farmland, but the monastery, which is home to the Benedictine Sisters of Madison, helped coordinate efforts to restore the wild prairie and oak forests that now encircle the 130-plus acre property. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Armenia’s old monasteries and churches are perhaps its greatest cultural treasures and account for a number of Unesco World Heritage sites. Next Stop: In Armenia, Art in the Shadow of Ararat 2012-10-05T15:09:14Z We were invited into the monastery, asked to sit on a threadbare rug and listen. Chasing sunrises — and mountains — in Nepal 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The official added that the monastery was attacked in 1917 by “marauding Bulgarian guerilla forces” who sacked its library. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He named his monastery after the Italian town of Norcia, birthplace of St. Benedict. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Maybe it was the Charterhouse, the former Carthusian monastery turned winter lodging for George Sand and Frédéric Chopin. Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z "One million Tibetans have died as a result of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Six thousand monasteries were destroyed," read one. Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud goes from outcast to ally in China 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Situated in the disputed Karelia region, the monastery is now part of Russia. Voices uplifted: Cappella Romana shines a light on Finnish ‘All-Night Vigil’ 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The criminal overuse of "Hallelujah" While Leonard Cohen studied silence in a Buddhist monastery, his former manager squandered his multimillion-dollar fortune. The criminal overuse of "Hallelujah" 2011-09-19T21:01:00Z After touring breweries packed into centuries-old monastery buildings, they also decided to build a modern, highly automated brewery that requires less manual labor from the abbey's aging monks, the oldest of whom is 99. Massachusetts monks tap brewing tradition to support aging members 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z “That’s not to say that my parents didn’t love me,” he said at the monastery. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z She spent 10 years in a hilltop monastery in Ethiopia. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Brox writes beautifully about the silence woven through daily tasks and between prayers in the medieval monastery, its varying qualities and duration, sometimes “as brief as a handful of heartbeats.” The Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy Times 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Built in 1488, at a time of relative peace, the walled monastery doubled as a military stronghold, just in case. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Yet this time I saw postcards of it for sale only at the monastery itself. Are postcards a thing of the past? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The monasteries have been viewed as symbols of Serbian oppression during moments of tension, and have been the target of protests. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z And, inspired by the contemplative quality of Turrell, her team has invited monks from a nearby Zen Buddhist monastery to host their weekly meditations for the community on site. Catskill Art Space Opens With James Turrell and a Lofty Vision 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z A childhood visit to the island monastery of Valamo on Lake Ladoga left a deep impression. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer, Dies at 87; His Lush Music Found Wide Appeal 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z And, just like Batman Begins, Johnny English Reborn contains a sequence where the titular character spends time in a remote Asian monastery training to become a powerful warrior. Johnny English Reborn: I spy with my little eye ? 2011-04-13T09:29:00Z Some dating back to when the ancient monastery was a place of worship and study, some obtained from prisoners who passed through the Gulag. 'Stalin's Meteorologist' illustrates the life and idealism in the under a dictatorship 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z When I asked point-blank about El Greco at the desk, Ioannis Melianos, secretary of the monastery’s library, shook his head and looked as if a migraine was imminent. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z And we could suppose that things would have gone differently if he had still been alive, pumping out missives from the cinderblock hermitage that he built on a scraggly knob near the monastery. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The religiously minded, home-schooled Idahoan also spent time at a Buddhist monastery and tried to join the French foreign legion prior to joining the army. Zero Dark Thirty team plan film about freed prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Each year, thousands participate in the roughly two-hundred-mile pilgrimage to the monastery, which is home to an icon of the Virgin Mary venerated throughout Eastern Europe. Emerging Photographer: Pawel Laczny 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z After a rinpoche is identified, he is supposed to be retrieved by disciples of his original monastery, and taken there to live. Review: ‘Becoming Who I Was’ Looks at a Boy’s Days, and His Past Lives 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Built in the 1920s and ’30s on a busy street in this bedroom community of Manhattan, the monastery was imagined as four-winged cloister until the Depression curtailed its scope. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Another was Jesce, a 16th-century farmhouse turned monastery whose most striking feature, to me, was the abundant graffiti carved into the plaster walls over the centuries. In Italy, immersive travel program combines sightseeing and conserving frescoes 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Less than a decade later, Frederick I, a north German prince who had become king of Denmark, drove out the bishops, abolished the monasteries, and installed Lutheranism as the state religion. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z He placed in my hand a ring with the monastery’s name engraved around a blue stone, and a slip of paper with a short Buddhist mantra written on it. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z I lived and studied at a monastery in India before becoming a conflict photographer and everything I see now is through the eyes of Krishna. The Syrian conflict: a war photographer's story 2012-12-14T10:30:00Z Tagong itself is just a blip on the map: a stretch of ornate buildings leading to the gates of the monastery, all surrounded by endless peaks and plains. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z "After all, what better place to film the future of the Jedi Order than a monastery?" Remote Irish island to feature in Star Wars: Episode 7 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z A contemporary of the better-known St. Patrick, St. Brigid established a monastery for women, which included a school of art that became famous for its handwritten, decorative manuscripts, particularly the Book of Kildare. The 5,000-year history of writer’s block 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z As Gunatillake puts it: It's not about looking to the East, to the mountaintop in India or the zen garden in Japan or a monastery in Burma, it's about making it work here. Manchester's FutureEverything conference ? day one 2012-05-18T08:00:00Z “The values of the monastery — meditation, mindfulness, silence, contemplation and community — are being secularized and redone as resorts,” said Ms. McGroarty. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Jacob has barely begun a clandestine courtship when Orito's father dies and she is whisked off to a shady monastery where monks have formulated a bizarre ritual that turns nuns into sex slaves. 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet': David Mitchell's Japan-set historical novel 2010-07-16T22:43:00Z Syrian wineries were largely small-scale operations, often located at churches and monasteries and meant for local consumption. Last Syrian vineyard keeps wine flowing despite war 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z One of the oldest references she has found is from a monastery in the Sinai region dating to the 3rd or 4th century. Is this biblical food the next foodie fad? This chef thinks so. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z After studying in a Benedictine monastery, he enlisted in the Air Force and served in Vietnam as a communications operator, among other assignments, at the height of the war there. Houston Conwill, Whose Sculptures Celebrated Black Culture, Dies at 69 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z We walked by a dry rice field and a small Buddhist forest monastery, listening to a growing chorus of sharp clicks and tweets. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z From there I embarked on a self-guided tour of the monasteries and their murals. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z She lives a simple life in the monastery orphanage and has few friends. The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore - review 2012-08-19T08:00:00Z “One day when I was 20, I walked down the street to the monastery and I’ve been here ever since,” he said. In Transit Blog: Welcoming Monks and Wild Horses, in North Dakota 2011-08-29T16:49:10Z Eventually the organization took on a Buddhist monastery in Bhutan; a synagogue in Essaouira, Morocco, and pilgrimage lines in the high desert plains of Bolivia. A Collector of People Along With Art 2011-04-06T23:34:47Z In the Middle Ages, the hurdy-gurdy functioned as an aid to choral teaching in monasteries but soon became known as a rustic accompaniment to village dances. A Renaissance for an Instrument of Melancholy Magic 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z James Yaegashi is quietly effective as the father, who is more receptive to the idea of Tenzin’s moving to the monastery. ‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Diqing, China The Diqing area, in northwestern Yunnan, a showcase for traditional Tibetan culture, with monasteries, villages and dramatic terrain, is about to become more accessible. Practical Traveler: Beat the Crowds to Up-and-Coming Destinations 2011-02-02T04:00:00Z In April, the mezzo-soprano contacted Father Alfred Toennis, founder of the Give a Home Foundation in Ogglesbeuren, in southwest Germany, and learned that his monastery was housing more than 70 refugees from Syria. Syrian refugees join Mozart opera to deliver message of peace 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Seeing “The Big Lebowski” was like sneaking over the monastery wall for a night at the Chicken Ranch. Books of The Times: Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman’s ‘Dude and the Zen Master’ 2013-01-06T23:01:49Z Squeezed between the Russian and the Ottoman Empires, this part of the world is a semi-feudal patchwork of villages, monasteries and estates. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It was brought to the West in the 1950s when Tibet’s monasteries were destroyed. Perspective \| I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z I wanted to go to the wonderful Buddhist monastery one mile outside the city – one mile – but couldn't. William Dalrymple: a life in writing 2013-01-19T10:00:01Z As you push farther south, and mosques begin to mingle with monasteries, time and tourism seem distant. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The abbey was founded as a Benedictine monastery in 960 A.D., and housed a community of monks for more than 600 years. A Lofty Perch Fit for a Royal Museum at Westminster Abbey 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z He is then ordained at a monastery — somewhat against his will — and assumes a raft of responsibilities. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The former monastery is now a stately hilltop hotel and restaurant, and it's a perfect spot for a traditional lunch with views as spectacular as views get. Oktoberfest means wine in Franconia, the enchanting German region you don’t know yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z He was, however, briefly happy in a Trappist monastery, which should have told Thorpe something. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Buddhist monasteries have traditionally acted as places of refuge. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries and palaces rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. 10 smaller European Capitals of Culture you may not have heard of 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Here at the monastery, though, on this pleasant spring day, birdsong ricocheted off the cliffs and the only thing to explode were the poppies. A Journey Into Iraqi Kurdistan 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z At the heart of the monastery, the inhabitants found a simple, four-square turfed courtyard garden framed with a covered walk — the cloister garden. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Stop at the Hard Wok Cafe just off the Venerable Trees Terrace, whose monastery is home to both chanting monks and mischievous monkeys. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z The monastery is massive, but simple and perfectly executed. Gaudí's Catalan shadow: the art of Josep Maria Jujol 2013-06-03T06:00:06Z Food is brought in to him, almost like a monk in a monastery. Ong Keng Sen on his vision for the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Kosovo has long been called “Serbia’s Jerusalem” because of the important medieval monasteries, like Gracanica, within its borders. The Medieval Monasteries of Kosovo 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Within the walls of a very old Cistercian monastery, the corn is dried in stone buildings before being coarsely ground by stones, retaining the husk for bite. Jeremy Lee’s recipe for polenta cake with lemon curd and cream \| King of puddings 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Instead of rapid cutting we get long, slow panning shots of landscapes in southern France and Italy, the corridors of the Vatican, or the ages-old lifestyle of a Benedictine monastery. Why the BBC is right to bring us back to Civilisation ... in high definition 2011-01-24T17:00:09Z The monastery is just outside the orbit of Pope Francis’s visit to Washington this week, which includes a Mass at the nearby Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Founded in 1245, it was the home of Beguines, a group of women who lived pious lives without being part of a convent or monastery. Belgium’s beautiful Bruges: Old-world Europe in the present 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z A rare example of a fortified cloister built in the Byzantine style, this monastery complex sits right on the banks of the Olt. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Stay in a small, restored 14th-century monastery that was created specifically to drag people away from their grind. Go phone-free in these 10 stunning accommodations, including pods attached to a mountain 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z In the interest of preservation the monastery donated the “Colorful Realm” paintings to the Japanese Imperial Household in 1889 but kept the triptych. Art Review: ?Colorful Realm,? Works by Ito Jakuchu at National Gallery 2012-03-29T21:27:01Z A rich blend of Belgian specialty malts, dark Belgian candied sugar, monastery yeast and brown sugar, it’s in perfect balance, with no sharp alcohol note or overwhelming sweetness. Beer of the Week: Jailbreak Brewing Van Dammit 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He is rambling around his native Yorkshire, apparently as a tourist, visiting monasteries and brooding on the various women who have left him in the lurch. Books of The Times: Mystery Is a Thing With Paradoxes 2011-03-16T22:00:09Z Leaving the village, we passed a small, white-walled monastery with a row of prayer wheels outside. In China, Negotiating Peaks and Police 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Walking through a meditation garden next to the monastery, we read reflections written in Thai and English. Three yogis take on Thailand 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z But on that Mexico jaunt Faye—during a side trip to an abandoned monastery—realizes that she has fallen in love with the young man, and this becomes painfully clear to the mogul. “Song to Song”: Terrence Malick’s Romantic Idealism 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Within the grounds of the Alhambra, in a monastery built over one of the Moorish palaces. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The saga includes a monastery in the Judaean desert, a Jewish book dealer trying to flee Paris as the Nazis closed in, a French freedom fighter and an anonymous billionaire collector. Exhibition Review: ?Secrets of Archimedes? at Walters in Baltimore - Review 2011-10-16T23:08:04Z Much of this becomes evident at the remarkable Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, in the former monastery of Santo Domingo. Critic’s Notebook: Oaxaca, Mexico, Shows History Unvarnished 2012-06-15T23:47:51Z The “traditional book culture,” as he put it in “The Two Latin Cultures,” one nourished in cathedrals and monasteries, began to rely on classical models in teaching grammar. Ronald G. Witt, Who Gave the Renaissance a New Birthdate, Dies at 84 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The azulejos traditionally decorated churches, monasteries, and residences of the rich and powerful in Brazil and function in her work as a metaphor for a mixing of cultures, by force or by desire. Waves of Dark History Break on an Olympic Pool 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Similar musical instruments are used in monasteries today to frighten away ghosts and to please the Buddha. 'Going for Gold' at SAM has a fine luster 2012-11-08T21:11:08Z The whole “1,000 Places to See Before You Die” phenomenon makes me want to hole up in a monastery. Q&A: ‘Always Journeying to Someplace New Gets Old Fast’ 2014-01-14T20:23:22Z It includes in the background miniature vignettes of incidents involving the monastery’s co-patron, St. Stephen; the order’s founder, St. Benedict; and St. Jerome. Puncturing the Myth of Carpaccio’s Waning Powers 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Where to stay It is much more atmospheric to stay in the old town surrounding the monasteries than down in the port. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Its historic center, a Unesco World Heritage site, is one of the largest in South America, with 40 colonial churches and chapels, 16 convents and monasteries and picturesque plazas. 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Quito, Ecuador 2011-09-15T20:00:00Z It's about nine Cistercian monks in a monastery besieged by the threat of Islamic extremists in Algeria. Cannes round-up by Jason Solomon 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z He didn’t want to pressure me, but he had fallen totally in love with the house, which in the 14th century had been a monks’ dormitory, with the monastery itself situated in a nearby village. A new start: Jilly Cooper on the night in a Kama Sutra room that led to her book Riders 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z It was also important that the setting recall its French ancestor, which occupies the wine cellar of an old monastery. Mamo le Michelangelo Brings its Italian cuisine to the U.S. with Mamo 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z More than 1,200 monasteries in Mongolia were destroyed.” Photography: Bringing a Monastery Back to Life 2011-01-19T13:00:03Z Their habitat is ancient woods, ruined abbeys, isolated old houses and crumbling monasteries. Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories 2010-10-27T10:24:00Z The seven members of a Trappist order, who lived in a monastery in Tibehirine south of Algiers, disappeared in 1996 during a savage wave of killings by both Islamist militants and government forces. Cannes film follows French monks killed in Algeria 2010-05-18T14:31:00Z Rising above it is a ruined church dating to the Norman invasion in the 11th century; it later served as a Franciscan monastery. Digging Up Family Roots in Sicily 2013-08-16T16:15:11Z The second was when Mr. Cohen, then reaching 70 and having spent five years in a California monastery, found that his savings had been stolen. Books of The Times: ‘The Holy or the Broken’ by Alan Light 2012-12-09T22:49:21Z At one time, Qadisha was home to hundreds of hermitages, churches, caves and monasteries. In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z She considered traveling to Tibet, where she could join a monastery. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z That was when the monastery’s original iconostasis was destroyed, its cathedral, like so many others in Russia, turned into a warehouse. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z She’s a contemplative nun, where they live in isolation, but she leaves the monastery to talk about art. Suzy Nakamura Informs Herself With ‘The Dollop,’ Sister Wendy and Her Mother’s Diary 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Kloha said he hoped his museum’s return of the manuscript would encourage other institutions to return manuscripts from the monastery found to have been looted during World War I. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Lest you think Asawa, while meditating on all these phenomena, was living the solitary life of a Zen adept in a mountaintop monastery, she wasn’t. Is this the most beautiful show of the year? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Our conversation ranges from the practicalities of joining a monastery to a discussion about the birth of the Benedictine order to what life is like for him here. Oh brothers, where art thou? A thriving oasis in Australia’s outback 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z It was also home to a strict Carthusian order, devoted to silence, whose leader, Jan Vos, commissioned paintings by two of Bruges’s best artists for the order’s charterhouse, or monastery. 10 Under-the-Radar Art Shows to See Now 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z In Paris it will be César night, France’s Oscar night, and Mr. Wilson is nominated for his performance as the leader of a tiny Trappist monastery in strife-torn Algeria. Film: Worldly Actor Finds Method in a Monastery 2011-02-20T02:01:25Z A monastery or private club is different from a hotel in many respects. Perspective \| Nontraditional lodging fills a need for pandemic travelers 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Over the course of the episode, we watch as Chris attempts to find his "innermost secret center" while spending time at a monastery. 30 years on, the magical realism of "Northern Exposure" is a gentle balm for our cabin fever 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Known for its moody monasteries and sparkling Lake Ohrid, this former Yugoslav republic is making a play for adventure foodies, too. 52 Places to Go in 2015 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z In the late 19th century, Bismarck waged his 'Kulturkampf,' a culture war, against the Roman Catholic Church, closing down every Catholic school and hospital, convent and monastery in Imperial Germany. Diocese clarifies bishop's remarks on Obama 2012-04-19T17:20:00Z Once you check out of the monastery’s drug detox program, you will not be allowed to check back in, no matter how unique your excuse for having had that setback. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z But it’s downstairs, in the old loading bays, that you really sense this minimal monastery’s industrial life. Dia Beacon Reopens With a Sonic Boom 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Monks live in solitude in a monastery — it’s just them and God. Finding peace and faith in Assisi 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Ancient orthodox monasteries and grand basilicas represent some of the finest works of Byzantine architecture. Design Delta Architects Builds Australia’s First Byzantine-Style Monastery 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The town's monks, Xuanzang noted, shrewdly charged visitors to see their relics, and their monasteries functioned as dormitories, bazaars and banks for merchants. The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:08Z This picturesque, small monastery complex is at the end of a rocky mountain road and is so isolated that it doesn’t even have an address. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “The monastery is the confluence between the best of Western spirituality and the best of contemporary art,” Father Laplana said. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Showtime and Hall had entertained various “Dexter” pitches over the years, including one from Hall’s mother that found Dexter in a monastery. Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Buddhist practice would require that the boy — just 3 when the play begins — be sent to India to study for his calling at a monastery, a move that naturally dismays his parents, particularly his mother. ‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Brother Martin Weidner, a monk who lives at the Cullman monastery, says the Abbey's grounds were in the path of the storms. Abbey's historic art grotto untouched by tornado 2011-05-13T18:18:07Z South Africa-born Beckett was living in a caravan in a Carmelite monastery in Norfolk, east England, when she started studying art in the 1980s, according to the BBC, which broadcast her documentaries. Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and TV art critic, dies at 88 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The school said in response at the time that two of the manuscripts then sought had been given as gifts before 1917 to a second monastery, which later sold them. Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Centuries ago, it destroyed the foundations of a Buddhist monastery under construction in central Tibet. Explorer: Myths and Mountains in Nepal 2012-10-28T06:23:48Z The film is largely built of ordinary tasks and everyday moments: monks tending their crops, treating Muslim villagers at the monastery clinic, sharing simple meals. 'Of Gods and Men': a tale of monks and martyrs, with a divine cast 2011-03-24T22:23:06Z We are all tremendously moved just to be here, and it may be a combination of working with nature and being on the monastery grounds. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z What to do The extraordinary whitewashed monastery of Hozoviotissa, which dates back to the 11th century, clings to the cliffs of the dramatic south coast. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The monastery lies at the foot of Mount Sinai, by tradition the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount... 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The sessions are held at the CCA, in an old 13th century monastery outside of Rome, where participants learn the techniques of the craft by working on ancient mosaics. Getty mosaic program teaches conservation in conflict zones and beyond 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z As well as advising the restoration team on the monastery’s interior, Mr. Scully has donated paintings on canvas, aluminum and copper; replaced windows with stained glass; designed candlesticks; and painted frescoes on the walls. Sean Scully: Painting From the Heart, to the Heart 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z She spent the next seven years visiting the monastery, sleeping in the tiny guest quarters in the basement. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z I saw only one warning at the monastery: a small plastic sign propped on the stairs leading to the main Buddha statue. In Burma, a cruise along the Irrawaddy River from Mandalay to Bagan The monastery had been built into the cliff some 1,500 years before, and the building occupies a space that appears to be nestled exactly between earth and sky. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z But undertaking this book, and several visits to the enveloping silence of a Trappist monastery, prompted her to look inward. A Scholar of Religion Confronts Her Own Grief 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Outside the monastery, vendors sell all sorts of weaving, embroidery and local crafts, but much of it is from China and not worth a second look. On the Rug Route in Romania, Kilims and an Enduring Culture 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Back in 793 AD the Vikings made their first raid on Holy Island, and indeed their first recorded raid on the British isles, attacking the monastery on Lindisfarne. New Viking invasion at Lindisfarne 2012-08-07T13:00:00Z The monastery of Deir Mar Musa is perched atop a mountain, and it can be reached only by climbing 350 stairs. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Voichita still cherishes Alina but she loves God sincerely and deeply and has found a home in the monastery, which grieves the clearly troubled Alina and brings out the worst in her. ‘Beyond the Hills’: Love, faith collide in Romanian monastery 2013-03-28T22:00:12Z The Buddhist triptych is held at the monastery where Jakuchu originally left his works. 250-year-old Japanese paintings to be shown in DC 2012-03-26T22:31:04Z It’s not per se a religious building, even if it’s a monastery. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z While staying in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in India, he once saw bodies consigned to funeral pyres and wondered, “What survives death?” As a house burns, its residents are sustained by memories in ‘Night of Fire’ 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s a good place to stay when visiting the painted monasteries for which the region is known. On the Rug Route in Romania, Kilims and an Enduring Culture 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z She knows they bring into the monastery only what they learned in the world. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z Possibly the loveliest and most atmospheric monastery in the region, however, is the one at Horezu. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z In another letter to Forster, Dickens’s description of the monastery revealed his terror and reverence of the Alps. Footsteps: Following Dickens Through Switzerland 2012-07-06T16:19:17Z We worked up a thirst climbing the steep hill to the monastery, which welcomes the public to its gift shop and cafe. A self-propelled Belgium brewery tour through Belgium lets you bike to pints 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z At our last hostel, we had been given the name of a monastery in Siena where pilgrims can spend the night. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z This visit was more about the monks than the monastery. Journeys: Sichuan’s Tibetan Corner, Outside of Time 2012-12-28T16:29:25Z She decides to return to her ancestral land to find something more, and chooses Majuli, a river island in the northeastern state of Assam that is rich with temples and monasteries, monks and gurus. \| 'In Search of God': ?In Search of God,? a Documentary by Rupam Sarmah 2011-09-23T04:03:04Z He was surprised to learn that lamas in a nearby monastery had a story of a great flood. 'The Rocks Don't Lie': looking at the evidence for a Noah-style flood 2012-08-15T19:03:03Z Although Sister Mary Joseph cannot relate to the newcomers’ approach to the monastery’s equipment, or condone their unrealistic demands on the tools, she does not judge the women. Secrets of the convent: Will millennials become nuns? 2013-12-15T19:00:00Z As the dark ages passed and civilization began to ramp up into modernity, beer was the purview of women and monasteries. Here’s a timeline that explains how beer went from brilliant mistake to hipsterific 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In the case of "The Name of the Rose," it was a memory of a childhood visit to a Benedictine monastery. In 'Confessions of a Young Novelist,' Umberto Eco offers his secret formula for a bestselling novel 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z During the Reformation, it was transformed into a church and monastery building, with stone pillars and an ornate façade. The History Behind One of Vienna’s Most Interesting Buildings 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The 13th-century Franciscan monastery rises out of the hillside in geometric white stone, with Romanesque arches framing its quiet courtyards. Are neuroscientists the next great architects? 2012-11-11T14:00:00Z White Fox, played with brisk, exemplary swagger by Hsu Feng, is a master thief employed by a corrupt landowner who wants to purloin a priceless sutra from a Buddhist monastery. ‘Raining in the Mountain’ Review: A Martial Arts Gem From 1979 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z The food goes to the monastery, where approximately 30 friars and visiting priests live; to other religious communities in Northeast; and to a host of food banks in the city. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Last month, a French historical lobby group called for the remains to be taken from Nova Gorica's monastery back to France. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Housed in a former Augustinian monastery and reopened in March after a six-month renovation, Luther’s former home is now the world’s largest Reformation museum and a must-see site for visitors. A quiet German town welcomes some 2 million visitors for Martin Luther’s 500th 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But then the team — about 25 people — tried to visit the Greek World Heritage site of Meteora, known for Orthodox monasteries perched upon towering rocks. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z The monastery was a popular place for travelers to rest, and we were joined by other young porters and cooks. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Originally a Franciscan monastery founded in 1526, the building was elevated to cathedral status in the late 19th century. Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z A rocky, tidal island that features an eighth-century Benedictine monastery and fortress. Going to great lengths: Cycling Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Buildings of note include a Trappist monastery, a soldier’s home and a very old pie company. Review \| Berryville, Va.: The publishing world’s best-kept secret 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z She took off three months to travel to India, where, among other things, she meditated at a monastery. Can Kristen Wiig Turn On the Charm? 2011-05-01T08:30:02Z This spa hotel is a converted 16th-century monastery – the renaissance cloisters house the reception and restaurant – in the cathedral town of El Burgo de Osma in the northwest region of Castile and León. 20 of the best spas in Europe 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The nearby monastery has a list of rules by which the nuns live, including a dedication to silence and prayer. Perspective \| Nontraditional lodging fills a need for pandemic travelers 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The festival lasted four days instead of the usual two this year to commemorate the 600th anniversary since the monastery was built. Knights do battle at medieval festival in Serbia 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z “I was a novice in a Carmelite monastery for three years,” she said. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Desperate for escape after waking up one morning in a pool of his own blood, he found salvation half a world away at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand known for its drug rehabilitation program. Fighting addiction at a Thai monastery 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z These homeless people were served by young volunteers who shared their guests’ poverty — a modern version of the hospitality that Benedictine monasteries had provided in Europe before the Reformation. Was Dorothy Day a Saint or a Subversive? 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It says St. Catherine’s was founded in the 6th century, and is the oldest Christian monastery still in use for its original function. Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount... 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Our next day in the Olt Valley immersed us in the world of serene Orthodox monasteries along the river. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Based on a true story, “Of Gods and Men” largely takes place in a Cistercian monastery outside an Algerian village in the 1990s. Film: At Cannes, Films Echoing World Events 2010-05-20T22:16:00Z This hotel is located a short walk along the river next the monastery, and isn’t far from the center of town. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Below are edited excerpts from a conversation with Ms. Murcutt on how to visit Spain’s many monasteries. Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z The butler will be on hand to address altitude sickness as well as less urgent tasks like shining shoes and suggesting monasteries to visit. In Tibet, at Heaven's Gate, the Butler Awaits 2010-09-29T21:08:00Z After a few days of monastery hopping, my spiritual faculty was primed. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z From the 1910s to the 1930s, he amassed parts of dismantled castles, villas, monasteries and churches from across Europe. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “Whether you are raised in monastery in China or a farm in Nebraska everyone has their singular childhood. I travelled, and I got to be taken seriously, I got to learn a craft I loved.” Jodie Foster: ‘I make movies to figure out who I am’ \| Tim Adams 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z That mattered to him, Michalski said, and to compensate, every year he would stay for a week with his cousin at his monastery to "clean his soul". A guide to Witold Lutosławski's music 2013-01-15T11:35:36Z She is an extern sister, which means she works outside the monastery and is the face of the community to the outside world. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z “It’s meant to be a symphony of grays and stone colors” resembling a monastery, said Michael Snodin, the trust’s chairman. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z But when the monastery fell on hard times, it donated the scrolls to the Imperial Royal family in 1889 in return for money to refurbish. Inside Art: Kimbell Art Museum Acquires Poussin?s ?Ordination? 2011-09-09T00:01:00Z Where were we on our voyage when we went ashore for a strenuous hike up a steep, rocky path to an ancient monastery? A chartered sailboat breezes by a cruise liner as the best way to hop the Greek islands 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “When a man enters a monastery he has to stand before the community and formally respond to a ritual question: Quid petis? ‘What do you ask?’ Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z There are several routes over high passes into starkly beautiful valleys, dotted with hillside monasteries. My Himalayan journey – trekking to Shangri-La 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Its interior walls, like those of other monasteries in the region, are alive with the icons and scenes from the Bible that long made these monasteries such draws for villagers from throughout the region. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z In an encyclopedic new book, the Italian amari expert Matteo Zed covers the spirit, the bitter drink as old as monasteries and made new in Brooklyn. ‘The Big Book of Amaro’ Chronicles the World of the Bitter Spirit 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The only bad part of the trip, Kim says, was when she was bitten by a dog in a Buddhist monastery, surrounded by silent monks. Teaching in China leads to love and lifelong travel partners 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z In Cambodia the ship overnights in Phnom Penh after visits to rural pagodas and a Buddhist monastery. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z As a Benedictine monastery, caring for the Earth is part of the mission. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z There were wall paintings in churches, beautiful alabaster carvings made in the Midlands and sought as far away as Italy, and splendid monasteries. What makes art a target for attack? 2013-07-08T16:23:22Z Known as the City of 100 Churches, there does seem to be a church on every block and a monastery on every other. Journeys: A New Way to See Sicily 2011-05-06T20:15:00Z "Believe me, this is very different than being in the monastery." God, family make appearance on Oscar red carpet 2012-02-27T03:02:09Z From brown ales to golden pilsners to the strong trappist brews produced in monasteries, Belgian beer is enjoyed around the world. Sante! Belgium wants its beer on global culture list 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Krupnikas, a traditional Lithuanian honey liqueur, was first made in monasteries hundreds of years ago. Challah and Brisket, Rethought for Rosh Hashana 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z It was almost as if the monastery were trying to reconstitute itself, piece by piece. Art Review: ‘Golden Visions of Densatil’ Opens at Asia Society 2014-02-20T23:13:05Z An American aid worker and an Irish boxer enter a monastery but find it difficult to keep the vow of silence. Twitpitch challenge: results revealed 2010-10-01T14:57:00Z They have distinctive individual moments: workers in bulky coveralls clowning and dancing under Lenin’s portrait; a somber Georgian family taking a roadside meal near an Orthodox monastery. \| 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z From his deathbed he gazed up at the hilltop monastery and asked to be buried there. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Father Jernej, abbot at the monastery, said he expected media interest would bring more visitors. Slovenes tussle with French historians over return of King Charles X's remains 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z The Cyprus Church has for decades tried to track down numerous religious icons, mosaics and frescoes stolen from hundreds of abandoned churches and monasteries in the island’s breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and sold abroad. UK man hands Cyprus Church icon taken by his officer father 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It was moved, beam by beam, in 1468 to a less-visible location, behind a graveyard just outside the monastery walls, to protect it from the marauding Tatars. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z The famed Polish composer and his French lover, a novelist known by her male pen name, spent the winter of 1838 at this former Carthusian monastery in Valldemossa. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z For the next 10 years Stephanie lived on and off at that monastery, milking cows, learning Latin, driving a tractor, praying, meditating. ?A Very Young Dancer? and the Life That Followed 2011-11-17T12:00:00Z A warren of pale limestone churches, monasteries, palaces and houses rises above the caves, all balanced on the edge of a ravine. Matera: Italy's magical city of stone 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z I had heard that he had become a Catholic – he had spent time in a monastery, apparently. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' \| Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z Early in 2015, rootless after a breakup, Arlan traveled briefly to Greece, then drifted to a Serbian monastery in the Balkans. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Should they leave their monastery or stay and face almost certain death, despite their good works and strong ties to the townspeople? 2011 Films: ?Melancholia,? ?Tree of Life,? ?Moneyball? 2011-12-17T02:03:03Z But in time, the monasteries became too opulent for their own good. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Powerful, austere drama about an Algerian monastery threatened by Islamic fundamentalists. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-04-08T23:07:47Z The monastery of Saint Anthony is the last surviving one. In Lebanon, a monastery brings together Christians scattered by war 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z A restless spiritual hunger prompted a stint in a Benedictine monastery and landed him in India, where he fell in love with “the thick velvet stillness of the land.” Revisiting a Utopian City With Fondness and Fury 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The Greek Orthodox Church has said that several other American institutions wound up with artifacts looted from the same monastery. Museum of the Bible Returns Ancient Gospel Looted From Greek Monastery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z It is currently unpopulated, though a monastery was founded some time between the sixth and eighth centuries before being abandoned in the late 12th century. Return of the Jedi: Star Wars Episode VIII goes back to Skellig Michael 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “It is a blessing for the monastic sisterhood at the monastery of Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa to see the contents of their former library slowly being returned to them,” Archbishop Elpidophoros said in a statement. Looted Monastery Manuscripts Rediscovered During Office Renovation 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Hence a papal edict and the creation of a new personage: the monastery as single corpus, an entity of the many made one, the root of the modern corporation. In-work dining at Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook causes spike in divorce rate 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z If you have succeeded at all these past two weeks, it has been only by moving to a no-cellphone-reception cave or an Internet-free monastery. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Columbo’ Approach to NBC’s Late-Night Olympics Coverage 2012-08-10T16:18:28Z Even our not-so-rigorous Tibetan sojourn — which involved some walking, multiple bus rides and the occasional long or steep climb to a palace or monastery — played havoc with my head, heart and lungs. On a trip to the Himalayas, I learned about altitude sickness the hard way 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He would show it to people and ask them what it could be: a monastery, a power station, maybe even a giant laboratory? Swansongs of a superpower: Russia's secret architecture 2011-02-07T21:31:01Z Mr. Fredette, 71, is a former Catholic priest, while Ms. Fredette, 78, spent 30 years in a monastery after high school before leaving to live as a hermit in a cabin in West Virginia. What We Can Learn From Solitude 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z Like other forms of English culture nurtured by Catholic institutions, much of this music came to be lost in the upheaval that followed Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Review: Singing the Lone Survivors of Nearly Lost Music 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z In “The Painted Wall,” the Provincial Graduate Zhu visits a Zen monastery where he lingers before a mural, mesmerized by the image of a smiling maiden with unbound hair. Review \| The perfect book to help celebrate the Chinese New Year 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z About a decade ago, Sister Monica Clare said, convents and monasteries were wary of social media, but they have come to see it as a potentially powerful tool for spreading their message. Living the #ConventLife 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The fighting continued for another three months before a group of Polish soldiers planted their nation’s flag among the ruins of the monastery, signaling an Allied victory. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z There are several types of temples in Bagan: the solid ones known as stupas or pagodas, which are like monuments; buildings with interior spaces for meditation; and some large enough to serve as monasteries. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z That which you offer you may also receive: This Buddha first found protection in Tibet after India’s Buddhist monasteries collapsed in the late 12th century. Perspective \| I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z In 1911 the brilliant harpsichord pioneer Wanda Landowska discovered the piano languishing in the same drafty monastery where Chopin and Sand had stayed. An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Touring churches, cathedrals and monasteries suited the hymn-like refrain, but also added poignancy to the Chernobyl and Holocaust museums. The evocative music that inspired my travels: readers' tips 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z You slept and ate at some of the 20 monasteries, never the same one twice, and hiked from one to another. A Memory Museum, Courtesy of a Critic-Curator 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In its architecture and interiors, it evokes the ancient churches and monasteries of Europe and contains many precious objects that belie the idea that the medieval world was benighted. In medieval monastery gardens, an uplifting model for something we could all use: Refuge 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The grand stained-glass windows are just one of the holdovers from when this hotel stood as an Augustinian church and monastery. Looking to dodge Amsterdam’s crowds? There are three remarkable towns a short train ride away. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But he sees another link between his old job, the monastery garden and the pope’s letter “on care for our common home.” In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z In a town dotted with monasteries, Namdroling is the most famous of the lot, home to a majestic gold-plated statue of the Buddha. A glimpse of little Tibet in southern India 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z “Cultural assimilation is bound to happen, but we have a Tibetan monastery, schools, nunneries and settlements,” said the elected settlement officer of Dharamsala’s Tibetan Settlement Office. Himalayan refuge: Tibetan traditions find a second home in India’s Dharamsala 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z I had chosen a room at Casa Felicia, a guesthouse next to a monastery in the village of Sucevita, as my base. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z On day three, we left the trail for a 12-mile side trip to Salem and its monastery, palace and shops. Biking and baring it all on a tour around Europe’s Lake Constance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z So I tried to stay away from the monastery. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Take a break from it all by heading to a monastery or RVing for three years? Review \| Matthew McConaughey is ‘alright, alright, alright’ — and thinks you will be too 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z An extended family of tiger-striped cats scooted from monk to monk and up the creaking steps of the monastery, to a balcony that looked out on the soccer pitch and the valley below. A Three-Day Trek in the Highlands of Myanmar 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z We swept leaves for about half an hour, and then made offerings of burning incense sticks to a shrine containing the mortal remains of the monastery’s founding abbot. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z All the doors are shut, one moves as if it were an old monastery, past the doors of monks in prayer. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z Perhaps the most fascinating sight is about 1.5 miles from the center, in a crypt below a Capuchin monastery. Sicilian surprises in Palermo 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Independent travelers in South Korea will find a temple stay at a mountain monastery in Seoul from about $50 a night, including Buddhist rituals and meals from the cultural tour organization Templestay. Asia (Much of It, Anyway) is Back. And So Are Deals for Hotels, Cruises, Tours and More 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Merton, who died in 1968, at 53, had taken vows at a Kentucky monastery that decreed he could own few possessions. A Monk’s Interests Captured on Camera 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Its clean designs are built from local hardwoods and are based on classics, like colonial-style monastery chairs. Surfacing: A Santiago Barrio Recreates Its Image 2012-09-14T17:04:34Z I thought I was following a path to a monastery. Frugal Traveler Blog: Mediterranean Dream Trip Higher-Lights 2011-08-16T19:11:26Z It is well worth having a peek – the cliff-hanging monasteries are spectacular. 20 Greek islands … you may not have heard of 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z A 14th-century icon from the monastery of Zverin in Novgorod shows the two brothers wearing an attire that reveals a third component in the complex mix of Russian art — the Middle Eastern element. Review: The Foundations of Russian Culture and Art 2010-03-05T14:00:00Z The Enchey monastery, founded in 1840, is perhaps the most famous, with the entrance flanked by hundreds of Buddhist prayer wheels and flags printed with lines from scripture. Trip Tips: Tea, trains and tales from India's Darjeeling 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Hoare, who won a scholarship to a monastery school, claims he used to be a snob. Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z The liveliest dance sequence arrives at the climax of the first act, when Danielle and Henry, who have been visiting a monastery with a particularly rich library, are set upon by a band of Gypsies. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Ms Darke is a journalist and travel writer, and much of her early time in Syria was spent walking its hills and exploring its mosques, churches, monasteries and fortresses. Love story 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z They send Alina back to the monastery, where no one wants her, except for Voichita, who harbors the faint hope that her wild friend can be tamed by developing a love of God. Beyond the Hills: A Neorealist Exorcist 2013-03-08T13:00:06Z I was just hanging out with them; went to a couple of monasteries and Tibetan people’s houses and started getting into Tibetan culture a little bit. Donna Summer: Disco diva and rocker 2012-05-18T01:26:00Z "Here is the idea ... to restore the historic appearance of the place with two monasteries and a church, but giving them, considering today's realities, an exclusively cultural character," the Kremlin's website quoted Putin as saying. Putin wants monasteries, church rebuilt inside Kremlin 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z But after a visit to the Summit monastery, Sister Mary Catharine couldn’t shake the pull of the place. Growing Pains for the Dominican Nuns of Summit 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z We also learn about Jewish history in the region, meet a Christian priest who sings in Aramaic and visit a monastery that seems almost eerily peaceful, considering the surroundings. Review: Two Battle Diaries From Iraq 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The plateau offers two main activities for travelers: exploring the many monasteries scattered over the plains and trekking. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Even in Soviet times, the Golden Ring was a draw for tourists, starting with the magnificent walled monastery in Sergiyev Posad, about 43 miles from Moscow, dominated by bright blue and gold cupolas. Driving Russia’s Revived Golden Ring 2012-08-31T19:01:44Z Today the monastery is closed to the public, but the libraries are open to all: a dramatic change from earlier periods when women were rarely permitted entry. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z I needed a way to get clean with as little attention and expense as possible, and the monastery on the edge of the jungle seemed the only way out. Puking myself clean 2012-09-26T16:55:00Z From the peak, Langmusi’s other monastery, Sertri, is easily visible, perched atop a hill on the other side of town, its golden roofs shimmering in the sunlight. Thinking of visiting Tibet? Amdo is one of the best places for first-timers. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z When I finally returned to the monastery, Frédéric found me sitting alone in the chapel, weak and overwhelmed. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z Dissolving the monasteries and leasing their land to wealthy laypeople, he knows, will cement the Reformation: “Prayers may be rewritten, but not leases.” Review \| ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Outside the monastery there are great walks through the deep wooded gorge and into the surrounding hills. Dark beer and dumplings in Bavaria: a visit to the world’s oldest monastic brewery 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z On a retreat at a Catholic monastery, I resolved to become a nun; I would dedicate myself to God. Experience: I tried to exorcise my sexuality 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z At points of interest — such as the amphitheater, monastery, royal tombs and treasury — users experienced life-size 3-D models and panoramic photos. The future of ‘extended reality’ tourism is now, thanks to the pandemic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The military offers to provide the monastery with round-the-clock protection, which Brother Christian refuses in a peremptory fashion because, as we soon discover, this would see them as siding with the government against the Islamists. Of Gods and Men ? review 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The images in this and other Bucovina monasteries were intended to instruct, entertain and enlighten illiterate soldiers and peasants and to underline their loyalties. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z The monastery operated an art school from the 17th century to 1917 that attracted students from all over Eastern Europe and Russia. Art Review: At Museum of Biblical Art, the ?Glory of Ukraine? 2010-07-01T21:40:00Z The Chinese government, angered by the latest threat to stability in a chronically troublesome region, barricaded the monastery, brought in paramilitary troops, made hundreds of arrests and cut off Ngaba’s internet. The Chinese Town That Became the Self-Immolation Capital of the World 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Unlike that first suit, which aimed to camouflage a wearer like a piece of tactical gear, Cave’s soundsuits became as inconspicuous as a brass band at a monastery. A Nick Cave Survey With Plenty of Bells but No Whistles 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But the dissolution of the monasteries sparks a popular rebellion that further shakes Henry’s faith in Cromwell and shows that the common people he wants to help do not necessarily share his religious views. Review \| ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The stunning monastery of Haghartsin is nestled on a forested mountain. My Armenia 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the monastery, which houses two of the grandest library halls in Eastern Europe, reopened in 1989 after the fall of Communism. Cultured Traveler: In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From the Crowds 2011-07-29T19:36:57Z He’s a great one for catalogs — for example, this list of the assets of a monastery he’s considering looting: Vestments of red turkey satin and white lawn, wrought with beasts in gold. The Year in Novels So Far; Plus, Hilary Mantel! 2012-05-16T15:37:58Z His 2010 feature “Of Gods and Men” was set among French monks in an Algerian monastery in the 1990s who face the threat of Islamic militants. A Caper More Chaplinesque Than the Man Himself 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Now, looming ahead of us is Likir monastery, the archetypal Ladakhi gompa, a jumbled ziggurat of whitewashed buildings scattered higgledy-piggledy over an outcropping, their carved casement windows peering out over an amphitheater of high mountains. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one Maroulis said being in the pastoral setting of a monastery while still in the city heightens the sense of peace and tranquility here. In a monastery garden, Pope Francis’s environmental message is taken to heart 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z In Quebec City, the 17th-century monastery Le Monastère des Augustines provides rooms in the original cloister, breakfast served in silence, workshops in painting and opportunities to hear the nuns singing vespers. Your Next Trip Might Change Your Life 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z He also filled me in Spain’s widespread post-conquistador evangelization effort of the local Zapotec people that led the monastery to be built in the first place. Picking a Spot, Any (Undiscovered) Spot, in Mexico 2010-08-18T03:00:00Z Chuluun, who has also been swept off to the monastery, adapts easily to the institution’s routines and restraints. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z As she walked down the aisle of the same Spanish monastery in North Miami Beach, Fla., where her parents were also wed, Ms. Cerrato-Jorge said she felt like a modern-day princess. Real Wedding Day Looks 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z To do that, a very good resource is GuiasMonasterios.com, which lists monasteries across Spain according to town and region. Q&A: Monastery Hopping in Spain 2012-10-12T18:42:31Z The performance is in an outdoor courtyard of a 14th-century monastery. 5 Artists on Working With Trisha Brown 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z While the monastery’s perch on top of fifteen hundred feet of rock provided security, its location, near the main road between Naples and Rome, made the structure an attractive strategic asset. A Science-Fiction Classic Still Smolders 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z One of the four holy mountains of Chinese Buddhism, Mount Putuo boasts monasteries and nunneries galore, as well as temple restaurants with tasty vegetarian fare. 2008-11-09T14:30:00Z Based on a true story, the film is about ageing French Cistercian monks in a monastery in a remote part of Algeria who find themselves tragically at odds with a new generation of Islamic fundamentalists. The best films for Christmas 2010 2010-11-22T08:00:00Z He most likely found the book, perhaps the only copy then in existence, in the German monastery of Fulda, no more than a hundred kilometres from Frankfurt. The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Feigning piety and a high-minded aversion to accepting the crown, he almost had me convinced that he would rather enter a monastery than take the reins of the kingdom. Theater Review: ‘Richard III,’ with Ron Cephas Jones, at the Public Theater 2012-08-12T20:55:37Z Hiking trails crisscross this islet, also home to two swimming beaches and monastery ruins dating from the 1100s. 36 Hours in Oslo 2013-06-12T16:47:14Z They continued their cross-country journey and stayed at another monastery, New Camaldoli Hermitage, in Big Sur, Calif. From their peaceful roost overlooking the Pacific, they knew they were onto something. For travelers, monastery stays offer peace and quiet, regardless of faith 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Medieval monks had their rooms for writing: alcoves in the cloistered walkways of their monasteries. Calligraphers still aiming to be letter-perfect 2011-08-15T15:55:21Z
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