The monks

@orthomonk on Instagram: ““A certain monk asked one of the elders, "Why are my thoughts always inclined to defilement, so that they give me no rest even for an hour,…”

Spirituality, contemplation, pristine natural landscapes and exceptional food all come together in a unique hospitality experience on Mt Athos.

The Coptic Church is the West's last link to an early form of Christianity, and to a tradition of eremitical life that has all but disappeared from the modern world. Copts remind us of what Egypt means as a repository of all that the West holds dear in terms of thought, culture and civilization.

Monks at the only inhabited medieval monastery in Britain still used for its original purpose have been preparing for one of the holiest days of the

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Peacock has announced Tony Shalhoub and the cast of Monk are reuniting for the new movie Mr. Monk's Last Case 14 years after the beloved USA series ended.

The qalansuwa is a black hood that covers the head and neck's back of a Coptic monk or nun in Egypt. It is associated with a monastic professional of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It is officially called a koulla (Coptic; but the word itself is wide-spread in the Middle East), but by the end of the twentieth century it was commonly referred to as a qalansuwa (Arabic).

15 years ago, an "obsessive-compulsive detective" became one of the most beloved characters on television. So, how'd he do it?

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