Up the slope from where she lived was a community of 15 Camaldolese monks, their chapel, their refectory, their library and cells—and the 10 or so male workers who helped out with odd jobs ...

Built on Polish lands since the 17th century, hermitages, monastic buildings characteristic of the Camaldolese order, are today becoming increasingly available not only to monks. Although their size ...

The masters of life in seclusion are the Camaldolese monks, who live according to rules developed in the early 11th century by St Romuald. These prescribe poverty, obedience, prayer, work, silence and ...

The shrines were built in the 17th century by the Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kristupas Žygimantas Pacas (1621–1684) for the Camaldolese monks in a remote forest in the Kaunas Lagoon ...