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PHOTO ESSAY: In a Greek island monastery, a monk has kept together faith and community for 50 years
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...
Centuries-old books — with hairy covers — were bound with animal skin in France
The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...
In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a ...