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Andrew Mark Henry is an American scholar of religion who hosts the YouTube channel Religion for Breakfast, which provides videos explaining religion from an academic perspective. Henry started the channel in 2014 while studying for a PhD in religious studies at Boston University , which he completed in 2020.
Ultimately, the desamortización led to the vacating of most of the ancient monasteries in Spain, which had been occupied by the various convent orders for centuries. Some of the expropriations were reversed in subsequent decades, as happened at Santo Domingo de Silos , but these re-establishments were relatively few.
Monasteries in this area were historically founded mainly by kings, bishops and nobles.There were a number of reasons individuals might found a monastery, largely self-serving ones: to reserve a burial there, which came with perpetual prayers by the monks on behalf of the founder's soul, sheltering a princess, widow, unmarried or bastard, in the case of kings.
The dissolution of the monasteries enforced by the government of Mendizábal in 1835 put an end to the abbey, and the abandoned buildings fell into decay. In 1954 the Cistercian ( Trappist ) monks of Viaceli Abbey in Cóbreces , west of Santander , began reconstruction, having already refounded and restored Huerta Abbey in 1929, and were able ...
Mark S. Golub (1945 – January 31, 2023) was an American rabbi, media entrepreneur, television personality and educator. He created the television channel Jewish Broadcasting Service and the first Russian-language television channel produced in America, RTN (The Russian Television Network of America).
Eventually, as fans know, Mark decided the best decision for him would be to host Live alongside Kelly, and the pair marked their first TV anniversary on April 17. And as fans continue to obsess ...
Mark Spain, a popular and award-winning local television news journalist from Virginia, has died just three weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 64 years old.
El Escorial is situated at the foot of Mount Abantos in the Sierra de Guadarrama. [8] [9] [6] [3] This austere location, hardly an obvious choice for the site of a royal palace, was chosen by King Philip II of Spain, and it was he who ordained the building of a grand edifice here to commemorate the 1557 Spanish victory at the Battle of St. Quentin in Picardy against King Henry II of France.