Discernment - the compass on the high sea of spirituality by Kees Waaijman

“…It then analyses and evaluates discernment in the community of desert monks in the Christian tradition which illustrates the significance of discernment for spirituality. …”
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Le monastère face aux laïques au haut Moyen Âge : lieux de culte secondaires et accueil aux limites de l’espace monastique dans le contexte italien  by Eleonora Destefanis

“…The study of the charity provided by monasteries is strongly connected with the definition of the monasterium, as in fact in written sources, is often linked to the word xenodochium; furthermore, the monasterium could reach boundaries much wider than the nucleous where monks live. Just at the edge of this space – the claustrum or a much bigger territory, perceived however as monasterium in every aspect – we can find specific complexes for social (and sometimes medical) services, in certain cases provided with secondary churches, distinct from the abbatial one.The paper studies, through some Early Middle Ages Italian cases and referring to written as well as archaeological sources, the topographical and functional choices connected to these structures. …”
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Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie by Iria Gonçalves

“…But the crisis had other effects, such as spiraling grain prices, rising flour extraction rates and a decline in the quality of daily bread, or the resort to substitute foods. From monks to peasants, everyone felt the consequences of this crisis, albeit on very different scales and in very dissimilar ways.…”
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Sectarian and Secular: Lay Perspectives in <i>Stūpa</i> Burials at Mount Zhongnan During the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–906) by Wen Sun

“…The canonical limitations on <i>stūpa</i> burial for ordinary monks and prohibitions on non-Buddhist <i>stūpas</i> underwent significant changes in medieval China. …”
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The first books in Kaunas by Sigitas Lūžys

“…Four incunabula known in Lithuania at present had belonged to monasteries or monks in Kaunas. It should be noted that at the beginning of the 18th century, among 32 books in St. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…Watching the life of the monks Optina Pustyn can trace the genesis hesychast tradition from the time of Paisius Velichkovsky. …”
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Lithuanian bibliophiles in the XVIII century by Levas Vladimirovas

“…Forster, J. Sartorius), monks and priests, as well as the rare cases of book collections owned by city-dwellers. …”
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THE MONASTERY OF “NEW NEAMŢ” – THE SACRED RIVER THAT FLEW IN THE OCEAN OF ROMANIAN HISTORY by Stela GUŢANU

“…Founded in 1864 by the monks departed from the old Monastery in Neamţ, the new Monastery of “Noul Neamţ” (meaning New Neamţ) took over not only the designation of the oldest, richest monastic foundation in Moldova, but also the ancient traditions of this outstanding century-old cultural centre. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Bruno of Querfurt, and the mission of 5 Benedictine monks. All of them were organized by Otto (until Dictatus papae). …”
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"Russiana gloriatur ecclesia" and the issue of St. Bruno's of Querfurt missions by Marius Ščavinskas

“…Bruno (the bishop and the monks), was Sweden. Finally the missionary himself came to Russian-Lithuanian border, where he was killed. …”
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,,Cura animarum" of the Preachers Order in the Background of the Medieval Monkhoods Soul Salvation Development by Slawomir Zonenberg

“…Then the Dominican orders became quasi-parish places of cult, and the pastoral work in general was to be administered by both clergymen and monks as if on a double track. It often caused sharp disagreements between priests supported by bishops and mendicant orders. …”
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