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They attacked monks in a Spanish monastery
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A man entered a monastery in eastern Spain and abused several monks. Archive image. Photo: Manu Fernandez/AP/TT Several monks have been beaten in an attack…
Brother Birger has been here 51 years – that’s how life is at Östanbäck’s monastery
Outside Sala is the country’s only monastery within the Church of Sweden. Five people live here at Östanbäck’s monastery, founded in 1970. Brother Birger Nielsen, 71, has been here the…
Lage Vuursche Monastery will become a home for people with memory problems: ‘Their freedom is important’
“It really will be a residents’ home, where we can walk around to give them what they need,” according to Leanne. “And that includes watching TV together on the couch…
Sisters’ wish fulfilled: 200 homes on Amersfoort monastery grounds
The municipality of Amersfoort will build two hundred homes on the monastery grounds opposite DierenPark Amersfoort. This fulfills the wish of the very elderly sisters of the St. Joseph monastery…
USB keys, monastery and NATO: the incredible affair of the French high-ranking officer and Putin’s spy
France, nest of Russian spies? For nearly a century, Moscow secret service are active in France. To their credit, many recruits in the highest spheres of the State, most of…
Municipality attacked by demolition porch of Utrecht monastery
The proposed demolition has led to a storm of criticism in recent weeks. Council members even submitted written questions to the alderman. Still, the owner decided not to wait. “There…
Ukraine’s Security Service Raid Kyiv Cave Monastery – 5 Facts About Place Allegedly Sheltering Russian Henchmen
KIEV This week, the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a search of the famous cave monastery in Kyiv. The place is a world heritage site. Why is the monastery of…
search of the kyiv Caves Lavra Monastery
In Ukraine, the authorities of kyiv engaged, this Tuesday morning, November 22, in a police operation in a monastery of kyiv, suspected of links with Moscow. The security services (SBU)…
Monastery garden soap from Landgoed Oostbroek: ‘We commemorate the holy martyr Laurentius with our soap’
Saint Laurentius was a martyr who devoted himself to the poor, says Hellevoort. “That’s why this monastery is dedicated to Laurentius. This is also reflected in the coat of arms…
Lalli, the bishop killer, comes to life in a monastery in Tallinn – a new opera was created with Estonian forces, which is performed entirely in Finnish
Composer legend Veljo Tormis started composing the opera in 1989, but the work was left unfinished. The majority of the opera has been composed by 31-year-old Rasmus Puur, who is…