monastery
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At Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the capital's large medieval monastery and cultural heritage site, the golden domes of the Dormition Cathedral were hit.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
He said that his relative, Krishna Tamang, was swept away while praying at a monastery along the bank of the Trishuli River on Wednesday when the flood hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
There, we spoke to monks at the Kirti monastery in Aba, or Ngaba in Tibetan, which was once at the heart of its resistance to Beijing.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The tiny village of Zvernec sits on the coast outside Vlore, known for its more than 700-year-old Byzantine-era monastery on the edge of the Narta Lagoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The eye recovered, but Galileo never returned to the monastery and no more was said about becoming a monk.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
A fire that began Monday in Spain's northeastern Aragon region and has forced the evacuation of 850 people so far is threatening the two monasteries of San Juan de la Pena.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thetford, England, population about 25,500, has been mostly quiet since King Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries kneecapped the local economy in 1540.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A papal letter reveals that Hadrian appointed Offa the steward of various monasteries dedicated to St. Peter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
He said that in all the monasteries he had visited "no Buddhists regard these as corporeal relics".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
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.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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