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monastery

[mon-uh-ster-ee] / ˈmɒn əˌstɛr i /


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It could take around two years to repair Kyiv's Dormition Cathedral and its surrounding monastery complex after they were damaged in a Russian attack, its director said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Built in the 11th century, the Lavra monastery is Kyiv’s equivalent of St. Patrick’s in New York City or Notre Dame in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

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

Where dinosaur tracks coexist beside spooky rows of barracks left from a 16th-century monastery, there’s a spectacular view of coastline all the way back to the white spires of Lisbon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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