Beautiful people: The monastic life

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

By Madhu Kapparath

Mar 01, 2016, 08:07 IST1 min

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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. Today, this village is a shelter for many Christians from Iraq

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