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and requires instruction in English, Hindi, and Bhoti, the regional language. To support the rollout, the government will begin funding monasteries—many of which have long depended on foreign ...

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The temple of the Holy Monastery of Agathon, a magnificent architectural structure of Byzantine style, dates back to the 13th century, while tradition says that the old monastery where Saint ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at the Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

About 600 monasteries spread across Sikkim ... They also teach modern subjects and English. But there is no uniformity in curriculum outside the national education effort that seeks to create ...

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea is illuminated by the sun in Amorgos island, Greece, on Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ...

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Advertisement Article continues below this ad The daily rhythm hasn’t changed much since he joined the monastery straight out of high school in the summer of 1971. Father Spyridon, another monk ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a millennium-old monastery carved ...