monastery
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But by the time Kosovo police's special forces took control of the monastery in late afternoon, the surviving group members had somehow slipped away despite being, to all intents and purposes, surrounded.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
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
The eye recovered, but Galileo never returned to the monastery and no more was said about becoming a monk.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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