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Stift Melk
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Graz, Austria
November 29, 2005
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A visitor sees the monastery primarily in its function as a museum, but new life still flows in its old veins. Monks of St. Benedict have lived and worked here for over 900 years. The monastery has two duties that have developed in the course of ...
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A visitor sees the monastery primarily in its function as a museum, but new life still flows in its old veins. Monks of St. Benedict have lived and worked here for over 900 years. The monastery has two duties that have developed in the course of history: education and parish duties. The monastery began its parish duties when the founders of the monastery gave the monks property to ensure their financial survival.
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