Monk authored the Rule of St Benedict, which is the foundation for the Order of St Benedict and all of its reform groups such as the Cistercians and the Trappists.
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10 Facts About Monk
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Monk founded the great Benedictine monastery, Monte Cassino, in 529.
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Monk initiated the Dissolution of the Monasteries, during which all of the monasteries within England were destroyed.
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Monk is given a prayer rope and instructed in the use of the Jesus Prayer.
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Monk is then given the outer cassock —an outer robe with wide sleeves, something like the cowl used in the West, but without a hood—from which the name of Rassophore is derived.
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Monk is given a brimless hat with a veil, known as a klobuk, and a leather belt is fastened around his waist.
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Monk's habit is usually black, signifying that he is dead to the world, and he receives a new name.
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Monk is given a wooden hand cross, which he should keep in his icon corner, and a beeswax candle, symbolic of monastic vigilance the sacrificing of himself for God.
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Monk will be buried holding the cross, and the candle will be burned at his funeral.
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Monk appointed a monk for each matha or monastery who has the right to worship Madhvacharya's murti of Lord Krishna by rotation.
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