Hinba, an island in Scotland of unknown location (possible location pictured), was the site of a small monastery associated with the church of St Columba on Iona?
in July 1905, during the Theriso revolt, three insurgent leaders met the consuls of the European Great Powers at a monastery surrounded by rebels, and that martial law was declared after the talks failed?
in 1298, three brothers established the Myinsaing Kingdom after inviting King Kyawswa of Pagan to lead the dedication of a monastery, only to dethrone him and force him to become a monk?
Question 2: A monastery may be an abbey (i.e., under the rule of an ________), or a priory (under the rule of a prior), or conceivably a hermitage (the dwelling of a hermit).
Question 6: Saint Saba organized the monks of the Judean Desert in a monastery close to ________ (483), and this is considered the mother of all monasteries of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
Question 8: ________ was for a short time a cathedral, and was a Benedictine monastery until the Reformation, and its Chapter preserves elements of the Benedictine tradition.
Question 9: In the ________, both monks and nuns follow a similar ascetic discipline, and even their religious habit is the same (though nuns wear an extra veil, called the apostolnik).
Question 10: Unlike ________ monasticism, the Orthodox do not have separate religious orders, but there is one form of monasticism throughout the Orthodox Church.
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