Everyday Life of the Russian Nuns in the Holy Land at the Time of Changes in the Middle East, 1940s–1950s by Beliakova N.A.

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BHUTAN : A Land of Smiles / by Salleh Mohd. Nor, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr., author 1940- 602740

“…Bhutan is a one-of-a-kind destination due to its unique monastic architecture and artwork on the walls representing phallic as a message to fight off evil. …”

Historically Based Room Acoustic Analysis and Auralization of a Church in the 1470s by Hanna Autio, Mathias Barbagallo, Carolina Ask, Delphine Bard Hagberg, Eva Lindqvist Sandgren, Karin Strinnholm Lagergren

“…The analysis is guided by liturgical practices in the church and the monastic order connected to it. It is found that the historical sound field in the church is characterized by the existence of two distinct acoustical subspaces within it, each corresponding to a location dedicated to the daily services of the monastical congregations. …”
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Carmelite music ensembles in the Greater Poland province in the eighteenth century. Musicians and their repertoire by Marek Bebak

“…In identifying the organists active in the Carmelite Province of Greater Poland, reference is made to the terms 'organista choralis' and 'organista figuralis' found in monastic sources and the duties of organists known from the printed Ceremonial of 1766 are indicated. …”
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Distribution of Lands by Prikazes of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery at the End of the 16th – Beginning of the 17th Century (Based on Economic Books) by Evgeniya Tseluykina

“…The article is devoted to the study of the composition of the lands of the large patrimony of the Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries, the distribution of subordinate territories by monastic prikazes, and the clarification of their names. …”
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Kwestia bogactwa i ubóstwa w Kościele imperialnym na zachodzie w IV i V wieku. Próba syntezy zagadnienia by Dariusz Kasprzak

“…Augustine the Bishop of Hippo), pioneers of the western monastic theology and also the earliest monastic theologians and the heterodox pelagianist writers. …”
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Buddhism and Modernity: 4th International Vajrayāna Conference by Dendup Chopel, Jigme Phuntsho

“… This article provides an analytical report on the fourth International Vajrayāna Conference themed 'Buddhism and Modernity', which was organised by the Centre for Bhutan and GNH Studies in collaboration with Bhutan’s Central Monastic Body. …”
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Expliquer pourquoi nous sommes là : mais par quoi commencer ? by Stéphane Ancel

“…It does this by exposing the various events that different members of the Ethiopian monastic community chose to explain the settlement of Ethiopian Christians in Jerusalem.…”
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ВИВЧЕННЯ ІСТОРИЧНОЇ ТОПОГРАФІЇ КИЇВСЬКОГО ПОДОЛУ XVIII ст. З ВИКОРИСТАННЯМ КОМПЛЕКСУ ІСТОРИЧНИХ ДЖЕРЕЛ... by Olena Popelnytska

“…Basil, as well as Mezhyhirya’s and Pereyaslav’s monastic courtyards and Tornoviot’s estate – silk garden – old contract house are localized. …”
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Some Traits of Ekphrasis Interweaving with Hierotopy in Theodore Metochites’ Monastery Descriptions by Dmitrii Igorevich Makarov

“…The article addresses Theodore Metochites’ assessment of the phenomenon of monastery and monastic life (mostly according to Chapter 40 of his Sententious Notes) in juxtaposition with his predecessors in the ekphrastic genre, such as Michael the Rhetor. …”
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The priesthood in Anglo-Saxon England by Johnson, C, Christopher Johnson

“…The thesis draws on several trends in recent Anglo-Saxon historiography, notably focus in recent years on the role and function of monasteria. Sarah Foot’s work, Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600 – 900, is the primary study in this area. …”

Gregory the Great by McClure, J, McClure, Judith

“…Out of the anecdotes from his monastic experience contained in them grew the <em>Dialogues</em>, written at the request of his monks for the purpose of spiritual encouragement.…”

The Cistercian grange in southern England before 1350 by Weston, LR

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Ideas of Christian writing in late Roman Gaul by Vessey, J

“…In Gaul, this process was closely related to the development of monastic ideas and institutions.</p>…”

Escriure poesia al convent: entre la devoció i l’obediència. Primera aproximació a un manuscrit femení del segle XVIII by Verònica Zaragoza

“…Relying on the recent interesting studies published on Women’s Monastic Literature, we try to establish connections between this manuscript and the varied monastic literature, produced by numerous nuns in this period under the order of the confessor.…”
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Editorial: Gender Asymmetry and Nuns’ Agency in the Asian Buddhist Traditions by Nicola Schneider

“…Looking at early Indian Buddhist texts and inscriptions, we can generally find gender pairing within the terminology deployed, a situation which is replicated in many texts related to monastic discipline (<i>Vinaya</i>) and in teachings addressed by the Buddha to either his male or female disciples (Skilling 2001) [...]…”
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Structural Assessment and Strengthening of a Historic Masonry Orthodox Church by Ionuț Alexandru Spiridon, Dragoș Ungureanu, Nicolae Țăranu, Cătălin Onuțu, Dorina Nicolina Isopescu, Adrian Alexandru Șerbănoiu

“…The first part of the paper briefly presents the wider context of strengthening and preserving heritage churches and monastic buildings and describes the architectural setting and the structural features of the traditional Romanian Orthodox churches. …”
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The sacral topography of the Monastery of Treskavac by Smolčić-Makuljević Svetlana

“…The stretches of Mt Treskavac with Zlatovrh, a dominant peak in Pelagonija and its distinctive rocky landscape have offered a suitable setting for exercising austere monastic practices ever since medieval times. The sacred area formed around the Monastery of the Dormition of the Virgin in medieval times was founded on the antique sacred place of Kolobaise and the temples of Artemis of Ephesus and Apollo Euthanatos. …”
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Fra monaci e archivi. Appunti per l’abbazia di S. Apollinare in Classe nel XVI secolo / Between monks and archives. Notes about the Abbey of S. Apollinare in Classe in the 16th cen... by Paola Novara

“…At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the monastic seat was moved to an urban area and much of the economic efforts in that century were directed to the construction of a new building. …”
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State Policy of Labor Migration Regulation in the Volga-Caspian Fishing Region in the Second Half of the 18th to the First Half of the 19th Century by Nikita V. Kuznecov-Lipeckij, Sergey V. Vinogradov, Nataliya I. Kulakova

“…Furthermore, various forms of migration were employed by the government during the study period, including noble, monastic, peasant, Cossack, and voluntary migrations. …”
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