The secret mountainous area of Europe where only men have lived for 1,000 years
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Byzantine Ascetic Monk Buried with Chains in Jerusalem Discovered to Be a Woman
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1,600-Year-Old King Solomon Amulet Discovered in Turkey—Redefining Byzantine Religious Practices
Archaeologists in Turkey have made a surprising discovery that challenges our understanding of early Christian practices in ...
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They Thought They Had Discovered the Remains of a Byzantine Ascetic Monk, but What They Found Left Them Speechless
Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem.
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1,500-year-old skeleton found in chains in Jerusalem was a female 'extreme ascetic'
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Vietnamese monks change pilgrimage route to birthplace of Buddhism
A popular Vietnamese monk and his companions have headed to Malaysia from Thailand after they failed to enter war-torn ...
'It’s an extremely sexy story': How the legendary tale of 'rebel' saint Mary of Egypt became a medieval blockbuster
Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...
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Vietnamese monk heads to Malaysia after Myanmar proves an insurmountable obstacle
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India has given up on his attempt to walk across ...
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Clair McFarland: Sure, False Spring, I’ll Fall For You
Columnist Clair McFarland writes, "I’m not blind to the fact that it’s going to snow tomorrow. This warm spell was a ...
Make Asceticism Great Again?
Hi and happy Sunday. This week marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day season leading into Easter. While many Catholics and ...
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World’s First Archaeological Evidence of Nuns’ Asceticism Discovered in Jerusalem
The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...