monastery

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Some of the buildings at the Thahtay Kyaung monastery, where saffron-clad monks cleared rubble from the wreckage by hand in the days after the quake, have been razed.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The monastery was founded in 1956, when a group of four monks arrived from Massachusetts to set up their new order on the property.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

At this site, about one third of individuals buried in lower status areas had tuberculosis, compared with 12% of those buried in the monastery or church.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

That stone now sits in an altar at St Davids Cathedral, built on the site of his original monastery.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

When he had washed, William sat beside Jacob and Jeanne on the bank and told them of his expulsion from the monastery of Saint-Martin—“You broke a stone bench with your bare hands?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz