Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It explores the everyday life of monastic ...

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 18: In the auspicious setting of the Maha Kumbh, Dr. Vaidehi Taman's latest book, Monastic Life: Inspiring Tales of Embracing Monkhood, was officially ...

We publish books, which is an outward activity – it’s how we support ... And it’s hard to think of anything worse for monastery life. By the way, this even happens from time to time in Greece, in ...

In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.