monastery
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Even at the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastery above Lucia, the road’s reopening and coming summer season have made a difference.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
He reputedly then moved into a monastery for three months to recharge, taking only books and living without a phone or access to the internet.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Some of the buildings at the Thahtay Kyaung monastery, where saffron-clad monks cleared rubble from the wreckage by hand in the days after the quake, have been razed.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
The monastery was founded in 1956, when a group of four monks arrived from Massachusetts to set up their new order on the property.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Finally, I said, “At the monastery, we used to have two phoenix birds.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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