The vihara is our name for a monastery, a place where monks live. I come here to listen to their teachings and to meditate and chant with them in the shrine room, where we have a large statue of ...

For the past thousand years or so, a community of Eastern Orthodox monks has dwelled here, purposefully removed from everything except God. They live only to become one with Jesus Christ.

It was made at the beginning of the ninth century, probably by Celtic Christian monks on the island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. The manuscript consists of the four Christian gospels ...

Times: 2-3.30am, 4-5am, 6-6.30am, 8-9.15am, 11.45am-12.00pm, 2.45-3pm, 6-7.15pm, 7.45-8pm Mass and the worship of God formed the heart of a monk's life. Communal prayers averaged about five hours ...