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High in the mountains of Lebanon, a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery exemplifies a life of simplicity and devotion through daily rituals and community labor.
Nine months of winter in Zanskar bring extreme cold, forcing families to work together to survive while young women face life-altering choices.
Prajwal, the mayor of a remote village, must travel 100 kilometers through the high mountains to deliver essential medicine to 1,500 residents.
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin explores the profound commitment of young men who choose to abandon their former lives in pursuit of a radical religious vocation.
In Georgia, Father Maxime Qavtaradze aspires to revive the ancient practice of stylitism by living atop a 130-foot rock outcrop at an Eastern Orthodox monastery.
Alina confronts the religious practices of a Romanian monastery while seeking to reconnect with her ex-girlfriend, Voichita, in the Carpathian Mountains.
Nuns at Phuktal Monastery cook with limited resources in remote Northern India.
At an altitude of 12,000 feet, 9-year-old Urgan prepares to leave his family in Tang to enter a monastery and study tantric Buddhism.
Seventeen women from a village in Ladakh restore ancient Himalayan scroll paintings, contributing to the preservation of the Matho monastery's heritage.
Twelve tigers, including four cubs born this year, are raised by monks in Thailand according to Buddhist principles aimed at reducing their predatory instincts.
In Zanskar, women navigate the choice between marriage and monastic life, as illustrated by the experiences of a nun in a Ladakhi monastery.
Travelers navigate a perilous icy road in India's ancient Himalayan Zanskar valley during winter.
Young monks traverse a frozen river in the Himalayas to gather scarce firewood, essential for cooking and warmth in their high-altitude monastery.
