Posts tagged Taize
Why Thousands Of Young People Spend Their Holidays At This French Monastery
Why Thousands Of Young People Spend Their Holidays At This French Monastery

(ESSAY) Located in the countryside of Burgundy, it attracts over 50,000 guests a year — mostly young people between ages 16 and 35 — from all around the world. Together with the brothers, they follow a traditional monastic way of life: Three prayer times a day, characterized by silence and the well-known Taizé chants, simple meals, practical work and Bible study in the mornings.

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Anglican, Christianity, Culture, Europe, France, History, Travel, The State of Religion, NewsJonathan BühneJonathan Bühne, news, Christianity, Europe, youth, travel, France, essay, Taize, Primary feature, Secondary featureComment
Countering Islamophobia with community: A Lebanese woman's spiritual retreat in France
Countering Islamophobia with community: A Lebanese woman's spiritual retreat in France

(TRAVEL) Taizé is a small, rural village in France popular for the presence of an ecumenical Christian monastic fraternity. A Muslim woman from Lebanon shares her experience after spending a month in the interfaith community.

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Europe, TravelZainab ChamounTaize, Beirut, France, Christian, Christianity, Muslim, Zainab Chamoun, christianity, Adyan Foundation, Lebanon, prayer, Buddhist, love Comment