monastery

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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

A video posted by Lviv authorities shows a fire burning through the roof of a residential building near the monastery.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Mirr declined to comment on the buyer’s identity but did confirm that the person plans to use the former monastery as a home.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Over the course of several meetings, including one at an upscale Austrian diner built into a 12th-century monastery, the men said they wanted to feel out the government’s thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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