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MONKS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, FROM DESERT MONKS TO THOMAS MERTON AT THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS

Through a close look at select icons, Docent Art Norman traces the historical arc of Eastern monasticism from its Jewish Nazirite origins to modern Western connections; and considers the twinned concepts of monks seeking unity with God and lay Christians seeking wisdom from monks.

Thursday, April 5, 1:00pm
Free with admission.

Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union Street
Clinton, MA
978 589 5000
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Website: http://www.museumofrussianicons.org

Solovetsky monastery