She is demanding the sect revoke the status of not only the monk but also a “daisojo” (priest of the highest order). The Tendai sect in Japan was founded in 806 by Dengyo Daishi Saicho.

“There is a sense of the monks out there as super-Christian.” Even when Spyridon was away for knee and dental surgeries, ...

The Benedictine priest also pledged to make education a central ... Lopez, who founded Hungry Monk Rescue Truck after a chance encounter with a local shortly after establishing his mission in ...

Via Elizabeth Scalia, here’s a story, with astonishing photos, of Orthodox monks (including no doubt priest-monks) in Kiev, keeping vigil between riot police and protesters, trying to prevent ...

A Rabbi, A Monk, and a Priest Walk Into a Bar” opened at Russell House on Thursday, April 10, 2025. It was the first production of its three-night run. The play, written and directed by Gabe Barnett ...

A few feet from where I stood, through the iron bars, a monk who looked to be in his late 50s peered around the chapel wall. "It's the guardian," the priest whispered. He wore an olive-colored ...

Kondo asked a senior priest who attended the funeral whether “killing oneself is a bad thing.” The monk gave him an answer he did not expect. “No one’s ways of living and dying could be ...

Both men and women can be monks in the Hare Krishna faith. Both men and women can become priests too. The rules therefore apply across the divide. Typically, female monks spot long hair.