NARA--Eleven monks will pray to end the spread of the coronavirus during rituals that began here March 1 at Todaiji temple's Nigatsudo hall. Each year at this time, Rengyoshu monks pray six times ...

Twenty years ago, an order of Catholic monks bought a small Orkney island ... Brother Nicodemus Mary loves to pray in private in the ruins of St Nicholas' Chapel. It dates back to the 11th Century ...

The 6am prayers were called Prime. Around 11.45am the monks would conduct the Chapter Mass, which is similar to the Catholic service of today. In the early evenings the friars chanted Vespers in ...