The Order of Calatrava was established in 1158 when King Sancho III of Castile ceded the fortress of Calatrava to the abbot ...

In 1098 a small band of monks established themselves in a spot which became ... the way of life that developed there spread to all parts of Christendom, and the Cistercian Order became a powerful ...

Surrounded by vast lavender fields, Sénanque Abbey in Provence is still home to an active community of Cistercian monks who ...

Severe flooding across Central Europe has caused widespread damage to historic monasteries and seminaries, with over 20 ...

It grew out of an earlier monastery which had been founded in 1145 near Aysgarth in Wensleydale by monks of the Savigniac Order but soon taken over by the Cistercian Order. Because the land was ...

If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive ...

The center of the day at the Gedono monastery is Mass. The Cistercian sisters also gather to pray the Divine Office — also called The Liturgy of the Hours — seven times a day, starting before ...

St. Joseph's Abbey is a monastic community of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, commonly known as Trappists. We are a contemplative order, following the Rule of St. Benedict. The comm ...

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