The Original Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramesses II Found in the Floor of a Coptic Monastery in Abydos
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La Brújula Verde ^
| May 22, 2024 | Guillermo Carvajal
...The decoration and texts of this sarcophagus demonstrated that it had been used twice, the second time by a high priest of the XXI dynasty, Menkheperre (around 1000 BC). Its first owner, however, remained a mystery, although the quality of the object indicated that it belonged to a very high-ranking figure in
the Egyptian New Kingdom. By examining the newly engraved hieroglyphic texts, Frédéric Payraudeau was able to establish that they contained the cartouche of Ramesses II himself.Until now, we knew that the tomb of this pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor) had been completely looted and his...
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[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider blesses the construction of traditional Carmelite monastery in Florida
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LifeSite News ^
| May 29, 2024 | Emily Mangiaracina
[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider blesses the construction of traditional Carmelite monastery in FloridaSister Loretta-Maria is founding an autonomous monastery to pray for priests and for the world within a community under the Carmelite rule, without the threat of suppression by any diocese or the Vatican.HIGH SPRINGS, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Athanasius Schneider
of Astana, Kazakhstan, blessed ongoing efforts to establish a traditional Carmelite monastery in Florida, independent of any diocese.“The desire of the Sisters is to serve the Holy Roman Catholic Church as an autonomous monastic community for the greater glory of God, the salvation of souls, and the safekeeping...
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Archaeologists discover long-lost Scottish monastery
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Phys dot org ^
| November 20, 2023 | University of Southampton
A team of archaeologists, co-led by a researcher at the University of Southampton, believe they have located the site of the lost Monastery of Deer in Northeast Scotland.It is believed that the earliest written Scots Gaelic in the world was produced in the monastery in the late 11th and early 12th century.
These texts, Gaelic land grants, were placed in the margins of the Book of Deer, a pocket gospel book originally written between 850AD and 1000AD.Academics have long speculated that these entries, or 'addenda' were added while the book was in the monastery. Archaeologists believe they have now found...
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[Catholic Caucus] ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ
in support of the Declaration of the Discalced Caremlite Nuns
of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity
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Carmelite Nuns ^
| August 18, 2023 | Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
[Catholic Caucus] ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANÒ in support of the Declaration of the Discalced Caremlite Nuns of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity of Arlington, Texas The repeated abuses of power by those who hold ecclesiastical Authority over religious Communities – especially communities of contemplative women – are part of a
subversive plan carried out by corrupt and heretical Prelates whose purpose is to deprive the Church of the Graces which such Consecrated souls cause to descend upon Her. Beyond the specious excuses that characterize individual cases, the common thread that unites the expulsion of the Benedictine Sisters from...
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[Catholic Caucus] Statement by the Reverend Mother Prioress
and Chapter - Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity
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Carmelite Nuns ^
| August 18, 2023 | Carmelite Nuns
[Catholic Caucus] Statement by the Reverend Mother Prioress and Chapter - Monastery of the Most Holy TrinityStatement by the Reverend Mother Prioress and Chapter Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns 5801 Mt. Carmel Drive Arlington, Texas 76017 August 18, 2023 +Praised be Jesus Christ: now and forever! In
recent months our Monastery in general and our Mother Prioress in particular have been subjected to unprecedented interference, intimidation, aggression, private and public humiliation and spiritual manipulation as the direct result of the attitudes and ambitions of the current Bishop of Fort Worth in respect of our Reverend Mother...
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Syriac Catholic Patriarch Younan Reopens Historic Mor Ephrem Monastery in Lebanon
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Syriac Press ^
| 6/21/23
SHABANIYA, Lebanon — On the feast of Mor Ephrem the Syriac, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Younan presided over a Divine Liturgy and reopened the historic Mor Ephrem Monastery in Shabaniya in Mount Lebanon after more than 160 years of abandonment. The
Divine Liturgy and reopening ceremony was attended by members of clergy and believers. In his sermon, after reading from the Holy Bible, the Patriarch read two verses of Mor Ephrem’s poetry, stressing the importance of reopening the monastery due to its importance to townspeople. Father Hanna Yako delivered a speech in which he thanked the Patriarch who sought to restore...
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua Confiscates Monastery and Arrests 20 People During Holy Week
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Catholic News Agency ^
| 4/13/23 | Walter Sanchez Silva
ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2023 / 14:00 pm The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has confiscated a cloistered monastery and arrested 20 people for activities related to Holy Week in Nicaragua. The Trappist sisters of Nicaragua, who left the country in February after 22
years of service, reported April 11 that the government verbally informed the bishop of Juigalpa that the monastery would be taken over by the regime. The nuns said in a Feb. 27 Facebook post that they voluntarily left the country because of “reasons the order has,” a lack...
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First Divine Liturgy in 20 Years Held at St. Michael Monastery in Mosul, Iraq
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Syriac Press ^
| 4/7/23
MOSUL, Iraq — In Mosul, Iraq, Christians held the first Divine Liturgy inside St. Michael Monastery on Sunday after suspending services there for over 20 years due to violence and insecurity. The
Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul and Aqrah Najib Mikhael Moussa presided over the Divine Liturgy and expressed happiness about the event, hoping that Christians can continue to pray in all the churches and monasteries destroyed and abandoned due to displacement. Hamid Touzi, one of the participants, mentioned that Christians had deliberately stayed at home since 2003 and avoided churches and monasteries due to security threats. “Christians were repeatedly targeted,...
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[Catholic Caucus] The "Case" of the Pienza Monastery. Restoring the Truth. Msgr. Viganò
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https :// www . stilumcuriae . com / the - case - of - the - pienza - monastery - restoring - the - truth - msgr - vigano ^
| February 27, 2023 | Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
[Catholic Caucus] The "Case" of the Pienza Monastery. Restoring the Truth. Msgr. ViganòMarco TosattiDear StilumCuriali, we receive and gladly publish this text received from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. Happy reading and sharing. §§§SOME
CLARIFICATIONSto restore the truth about the situationof the Monastery “Maria Tempio dello Spirito Santo” of PienzaPart OneThe sequence of events After the disclosure of conflicting and contradictory news relating to the recent events that have involved the cloistered community of the Benedictine Monastery of Pienza, I consider it my duty as a Pastor to intervene to re-establish the truth of the facts, as they are verifiable to...
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Pope Defrocks Two Nuns Who Tried to Save Historic Franciscan Monastery
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LifeSite News ^
| 2/17/23 | Mary Cuff
The sisters had gifted the monastery to the Vatican in a last ditch attempt to save their way of life, only to have the Pope forcibly remove and defrock them.(Crisis Magazine) — For more than seven hundred years, the Franciscan monastery of Santa Chiara has stood overlooking the glorious waters of the
Amalfi Coast in the town of Ravello, the “city of music” and the “pearl of the Amalfi.” Poor Clares came to Ravello in 1297, just after the death of St. Francis, and the monastery and town have flourished together for almost a thousand years. The monastery grounds, church,...
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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Throws "Rebellious" Nuns Out of Their 50 Million Dollar Monastery and Takes Over
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Eponymous Flower ^
| February 9, 2023 | Giuseppe Nardi
[Catholic Caucus] Pope Throws "Rebellious" Nuns Out of Their 50 Million Dollar Monastery and Takes Over The "rebellious" Poor Clares leave the monastery of Ravello.(Rome) They have resisted for a long time: Now the "rebellious" nuns Massimiliana Panza and Angela Maria Punnacka have left the monastery of Santa Chiara in Ravello after
Pope Francis had made an example of them.The town of Ravello is located in the enchanting countryside of the Amalfi Coast in the southern Italian region of Campania. The city with the great panoramic view was able to survive as a Byzantine territory for a long time. It...
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Arkansas Monastery Desecrated with Sledgehammer, Relics Stolen; Suspect Arrested
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New York Post ^
| January 9, 2023 | Timothy H.J. Nerozzi
On Thursday, Jan. 5, a vandal entered the Subiaco Abbey with a sledgehammer and bashed open the top of the altar. Using
a sledgehammer, a conventional hammer, and an axe, the vandal dug into the slab of stone and stole two reliquaries containing three relics. The man reportedly began tampering with the tabernacle, removing the cross sitting atop it, before being discovered and fleeing.
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Arkansas Monastery’s Altar Desecrated with Sledgehammer, 1,500-Year-Old Relics Stolen
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Catholic News Agency ^
| 1/6/23 | Joe Bukuras
Subiaco Abbey, in Subiaco, Arkansas, had its altar smashed with a hammer, and relics inside the altar stolen on Jan. 5, 2023. A
suspect has been arrested and is set to be charged in connection with the attack. | Subiaco AbbeyBoston, Mass., Jan 6, 2023 / 13:51 pm The altar of an Arkansas Benedictine monastery was destroyed Thursday, and several relics of ancient saints were stolen. Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas, said in a press release that on Jan. 5, a man using “a regular hammer and sledgehammer/ax” began destroying the abbey’s marble altar by smashing it in different places....
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Spanish Catholic Group Seeks Help to Prevent Removal of Cross, Monastery [from the Valley of the Fallen]
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Detroit Catholic ^
| 12/8/22 | CNS
MADRID (CNS) ─ A group of Spanish Catholics sent a petition to the Madrid cardinal and Pope Francis' ambassador, asking help to prevent the removal of a giant cross and a Benedictine monastery from a civil war cemetery and memorial outside Madrid. "These Benedictines carry out an invaluable task: They pray for
the people buried there, for peace and reconciliation between Spaniards," said the petition, addressed to Cardinal Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid and Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican nuncio. The petition, by the Enraizados en Cristo y la Sociedad (Rooted in Christ and Society) association, was circulated as Prime...
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Ukraine's security service raids Kyiv monastery, suspects Russian sabotage
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reuters ^
| November 22, 2022 | rooters staff
KYIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU security service and police raided a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv early on Tuesday as part of operations to counter suspected "subversive activities by Russian special services". The
sprawling Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex - or Kyiv Monastery of the Caves - is a Ukrainian cultural treasure and the headquarters of the Russian-backed wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that falls under the Moscow Patriarchate.
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Ancient Christian monastery, possibly pre-dating Islam, found in UAE sand dunes
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timesofisrael.com ^
| 11/13/2022 0557 hrs | timesof isreal.com
The monastery sits on Siniyah Island, which shields the Khor al-Beida marshlands in Umm al-Quwain, an emirate some 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of Dubai along the coast of the Persian Gulf. The island, whose name means “flashing lights” likely due to the effect of the white-hot sun overhead, has a series
of sandbars coming off of it like crooked fingers. On one, to the island’s northeast, archaeologists discovered the monastery. Carbon dating of samples found in the monastery’s foundation date between 534 and 656. Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was born around 570 and died in 632 after conquering Mecca in...
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‘They Are Profiting from the Closure of the Monastery’: Rome Suppresses Carmel in Philadelphia
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LifeSite News ^
| 10/28/22 | Maike Hickson
Sources say Rome and the local archdiocese did all they could to discourage a revival of the monastery – and that they are the ones who will receive the monastery's estimated assets of approximately $10 million.(LifeSiteNews) – Troubling news is coming to us from Philadelphia. Already in February, unbeknown to the general
public, the Congregation for Religious Institutes under Cardinal João Braz de Aviz suppressed the historic 120-year-old Carmel in Philadelphia that was the cradle of the devotion to St. Therese of Lisieux in this country. Sources told LifeSiteNews that it appears Rome and the local archdiocese did all they...
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Christian monastery possibly pre-dating Islam found in UAE
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| 03 November 2022 | Jon Gambrell
Historians say early churches and monasteries spread along the Persian Gulf to the coasts of present-day Oman and all the way to India. Archaeologists have found other similar churches and monasteries in Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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Mt. Sinai: Hipparchus’ Coveted Star Map Discovered in St. Catherine’s Monastery Manuscript
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Pravoslavie ^
| 10/20/22
(This cross-fade montage shows a detail of the palimpsest under ordinary lighting; under multispectral analysis; and with a reconstruction of the hidden text.Credit: Museum of the Bible (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo by Early Manuscripts Electronic Library/Lazarus Project, University of Rochester; multispectral processing by Keith T. Knox; tracings by Emanuel Zingg.) Scholars have
been searching for what is believed to be the first map of the nighttime sky for centuries, and now they have finally found the medieval parchment hidden beneath Christian texts from the library at St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mt. Sinai. James Evans, a historian of astronomy at the...
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Ancient Syrian Monastery Receives Electrical Equipment from Russian State and Church
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Pravoslavie ^
| 10/20/22
A special event was held at the Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla in Maaloula, Syria, on Monday, when the holy habitation was given a complex of solar panel-powered electrical equipment. The
equipment will provide power to all the monastery buildings, including the church, the sisters’ cells, and the buildings where they carry out their obediences, reports the Russian Orthodox Representation to the Antiochian Orthodox Church. The ceremony was attended by a number of Russian state officials. The Church was represented by Archimandrite Philip (Vasiltsev), the representative of Patriarch Kirill to the Antiochian Church. The delegation was greeted...
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