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A monastery is the dwelling of one or more monks.

A monastery is the dwelling of one or more monks.

The term monastery is already used by the Jewish philosopher [[Philo]] (c. 20 BC - AD 50, resident in [[Alexandria]], Egypt) in his description of the life of the Therapeutae and Therapeutides, people with common religious aspirations who then were dwelling on a low-lying hill above the Mareotic Lake near Alexandria in houses at a distance of each other that safeguarded both [[solitude]] and [[security]] (cf. On the Contemplative Life ch. III, in the [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/loeb/Loeb Classical Library] edition see §25).

The term monastery is already used by the Jewish philosopher [[Philo]] (c. 20 BC - AD 50, resident in [[Alexandria]], Egypt) in his description of the life of the Therapeutae and Therapeutides, people with common religious aspirations who then were dwelling on a low-lying hill above the Mareotic Lake near Alexandria in houses at a distance of each other that safeguarded both [[solitude]] and [[security]] (cf. On the Contemplative Life ch. III, in the [http://www.hup.harvard.edu/loeb/author.html Loeb Classical Library] edition see §25).

In each house there is a consecrated room which is called a sanctuary or closet (monastērion), and closeted (monoumenoi) in this they are initiated into the mysteries of the sanctified life. They take nothing into it, either drink or food or any other of the [[things]] necessary for the needs of the [[body]], but laws and oracles delivered through the mouth of [[prophet]]s, and hymns and anything else which fosters and perfects [[knowledge]] and piety. They keep the [[memory]] of God alive and never forget it … Twice every day they pray, at dawn and at eventide … The interval between early morning and evening is spent entirely in spiritual exercise. They read the holy [[scripture]]s and seek [[wisdom]] from their ancestral [[philosophy]] … For six days they seek wisdom by themselves in solitude in the closets (monastēriois) mentioned above … But every seventh day they meet together as for a general assembly … (in a) common sanctuary … (Philo, On The Contemplative Life, ch. III).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk]

In each house there is a consecrated room which is called a sanctuary or closet (monastērion), and closeted (monoumenoi) in this they are initiated into the mysteries of the sanctified life. They take nothing into it, either drink or food or any other of the [[things]] necessary for the needs of the [[body]], but laws and oracles delivered through the mouth of [[prophet]]s, and hymns and anything else which fosters and perfects [[knowledge]] and piety. They keep the [[memory]] of God alive and never forget it … Twice every day they pray, at dawn and at eventide … The interval between early morning and evening is spent entirely in spiritual exercise. They read the holy [[scripture]]s and seek [[wisdom]] from their ancestral [[philosophy]] … For six days they seek wisdom by themselves in solitude in the closets (monastēriois) mentioned above … But every seventh day they meet together as for a general assembly … (in a) common sanctuary … (Philo, On The Contemplative Life, ch. III).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk]

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://abbayesprovencales.free.fr Monastic life and Monastery of Provence in France]

* [http://abbayesprovencales.free.fr Monastic life and Monastery of Provence in France]