Monastic orders made Veghel a regional centre of health care and education, which it remains to this day.

This musical form originated in Monastic life, in which singing the ' Divine Service ' nine times a day at the proper hours was upheld according to the Rule of Saint Benedict.

* Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos, Greece, the garden of the Mother of God being out of bounds to all other women.

Monastic horticultural practices established at that time are still in use in Christian monasteries throughout Greece and the Middle East.

Mount Athos, an Autonomous Monastic State within the sovereignty of Greece, does not permit automobiles on its territory.

Being conquered by Danes and Germans in 1227, Estonia was ruled initially by Denmark in the north, by the Livonian Order, an autonomous part of the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights and Baltic German ecclesiastical states of the Holy Roman Empire.

Athos, the " Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain ” (“ Αυτόνομη Μοναστικὴ Πολιτεία Ἁγίου Ὄρους ”), is a self-governed part of the Greek state, subject to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its political aspect and to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinopole as regards its religious aspect.

The Order of the Holy Cross and Order of St. Helena published A Monastic Breviary ( Wilton, Conn .: Morehouse-Barlow ) in 1976.

In addition to the responsibilities of overseeing their respective Dioceses, each hierarchical See, and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, has a Monastic Brotherhood.

Orthodox monasticism does not have religious orders as in the West, so there are no formal Monastic Rules ( Regulae ); rather, each monk and nun is encouraged to read all of the Holy Fathers and emulate their virtues.

While they were considerably larger than those in the Holy Roman Empire, they were much scarcer in the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights.

Monastic settlements were located at the site of Teine's fort, Land of the Monks ().

Monastic governance of cathedrals continued in England, Scotland and Wales throughout the medieval period ; whereas elsewhere in western Europe it was found only at Monreale in Sicily and Downpatrick in Ireland.

* Taking Monastic Vows Orthodox monks at Valaam Monastery

Monastic disciples and other volunteers teach Mata Amritanandamayi's Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique ( IAM Technique ) throughout the world.

He also excels in the chanting of Buddhist music and often has led the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastic Choir to perform on the world stage and has won many high praises.

* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights ( Prussia ).

* Teutonic Knights, established about 1190, and ruled the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia until 1525

Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.

During the next three years all of Pomesania was conquered and made part of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.

The peninsula became part of the Duchy of Prussia when Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, the 37th Grand Master, secularized the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in 1525.

Since the 13th century the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights ( with Warmia ) was colonised mainly by Germans ( the Duchy of Prussia, Lutheran from 1525 onwards, gave refuge to Protestant Poles, Lithuanians, Scots, Salzburgers ).

* February 1 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights

The treaty concluded the Thirteen Years ' War ( 1454 – 1466 ) which had begun in February 1454 with the revolt of the Prussian Confederation, led by the cities of Danzig ( Gdańsk ), Elbing ( Elbląg ), Kulm ( Chełmno ) and Thorn, and the Prussian gentry against the rule of the Teutonic Knights in the Monastic State.

* 1240 first mentioned as part of the Monastic State

As Protestantism spread among the laity of the Teutonic Monastic State of Prussia, dissent began to develop against the Roman Catholic rule of the Teutonic Knights, whose Grand Master, Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern, lacked the military resources to assert the order's authority.

After almost 200 years of Polish suzerainty over the Teutonic Monastic State of Prussia and its successor Ducal Prussia, full sovereignty was regained.

1309 – German Teutonic Order rule: Eastern Pomerania ( often known as Pomerelia ), became much absorbed into the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights

During yet another war between Poland and the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, some Hussite raiders helped the Poles.

Between the 14th and 17th centuries, Polish settlers from northern Masovia moved to the southern territories of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights that was previously the land of the Baltic Old Prussians who were conquered by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th and 14th centuries.

* Procurator ( Teutonic Knights ), a position in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights

It was a leading player in the Prussian Confederation (, ) directed against the Teutonic Monastic State of Prussia.

During its time, the kingdom was bordered by Black Rus, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Principality of Turov-Pinsk, the Principality of Kiev, the Golden Horde, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Poland, the Principality of Moldova and the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.

Kneiphof (; ) was one of three towns in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights that became the city of Königsberg ( now Kaliningrad ).

The State of the Teutonic Order, (), also Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights or Ordensstaat ( " Order-State "), was formed in 1224 during the Northern Crusades, the Teutonic Knights ' conquest of the pagan West-Baltic Old Prussians () in the 13 < sup > th </ sup > century.

Monastic figures had historically held important roles in the social and political makeup of Tibet, and though these roles have diminished since 1959, many Tibetans continue to regard the Panchen Lama as a significant political, as well as spiritual figure due to the role he traditionally plays in selecting the next Dalai Lama.

In turn, the Je Khenpo appoints, on the recommendation of the Dratshang Lhentshog ( Commission for the Monastic Affairs ), monks with the nine qualities of a spiritual master and accomplished in ked-dzog ( stages of development and completion in Vajrayana practice ) as the Five Lopons.

The booklets cover a wide range of topics and can be categorized as: Introductory Booklets ; Specific Teachings ( on the main topics of Buddhist doctrine, such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, dependent origination, the three marks of existence, kamma and rebirth, and so forth ); Meditation and Mind Training ; Dhamma Reflections ( more personal explorations of the relevance of Buddhist principles for spiritual understanding and practice ); Philosophy and Psychology ; Faith and Devotion ; Monastic Life ; Comparative Studies ; Buddhist History and Culture ; Buddhism and the World Today ; Translations from the Pali Canon ; Non-Canonical Buddhist Literature.

The spiritual practices supported are adapted from the Christian Monastic tradition.

Monastic communities, from which these grants were taken, lost revenues and gained nothing in return, suffering from spiritual and temporal mismanagement.

Monastic life had declined to a low ebb in England in the ninth century, partly due to the ravages caused by Viking attacks, and partly because of a preference for secular clergy, who were cheaper and were thought to better serve the spiritual needs of the laity.