abbot
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“I am looking forward to the silence finally stopping, because 54 years of silence is a long time,” said Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, the abbot of the seminary.
The temple’s abbot, who grew up around elephants, said he would prefer if the elephants stayed in their natural habitat in Surin.
From New York Times
The abbot was killed in the middle of the night in a part of the vast monastery not covered by security cameras.
From Washington Times
Authorities carried out the death penalty on an Egyptian monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on Sunday.
From Reuters
“We have no problem with the abbot personally,” he said.
From New York Times
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