Beautiful people: The monastic life

Photographer Fernando Moleres offers a peek into the intimate moments that accord some communities a union with the divine

Mar 01, 2016, 08:07 IST1 min
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Armenia Celebration of Easter Saturday mass at Holy Echmiadzin, the Vatican of the Armenian Church
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Tibet Monks at Sera, one of the largest monasteries of Gelugpa, near Lhasa, gather at the main assembly hall to pray and take part in a communal meal
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Japan Monks practise archery in the gardens of Engaku-Ji, a Zen monastery in Kamakura. This ritual helps the monks build concentration and discipline, qualities that are symbolic of the or...
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Myanmar Pre-novices eat in silence at Maha Ganayon monastery, a centre renowned for monastic study and discipline
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Serbia An orthodox monk prays during morning mass at Crna Reka monastery
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Italy Once a year, the Carthusians of Serra San Bruno make a daylong excursion outside the monastery
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Syria A Greek Orthodox monk from St George’s monastery points at the convent of Our Lady of Saidnaya, which was built for Byzantine Emperor Justinian I when he was fighting against Persians...
Image by Fernando Moleres
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Russia Monks of a monastery in Pechory transport the icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God (1521) during the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Image by Fernando Moleres

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