Tag: monks

Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings

Buddhist monks in Thailand have blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother, Chamchuri, gave birth to the two on the night of June 7 at a camp in Thailand’s ancient capital Ayutthaya, a popular tourist destination 80 km […]

Couple accused of stealing from monks at Belmont Abbey College

A woman and man were caught on video doing what some would call unthinkable: Stealing from monks at Belmont Abbey College. Channel 9′s Ken Lemon visited the campus to speak with students who are calling for the suspects to repent and turn themselves in. Those familiar with the college say the monks have lived in […]

Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in South Africa monastery

Three Egyptian Coptic monk have been “brutally killed” inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said. Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were murdered early on Tuesday, the South African Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement. An Egyptian member of the Church has […]

Monks robbed at gunpoint at Buddhist temple in Brooklyn

A trio of robbers targeted monks at gunpoint at a Buddhist temple in Brooklyn on Sunday, police and sources said. The heartless crooks broke in through the back door of Watt Samakki Buddhist Temple on Rugby Road near Caton Ave. in Flatbush just after 2:25 p.m., cops said. Once inside, one of them pulled a […]