He knew, however, that the old monk could not have left the monastery, as the gate was locked for the night.

By then, there were only four nuns and one monk left.

Since the 1520s monks had been leaving and turning to the new teachings.

Once the monk left holy ground, Kurgan challenged him, and quickly took his head.

There would be neither monk nor priest left within twenty miles of this place.

Since 1809 the monks left the monastery and many works were lost.

The abbey was closed again in 2001, when the last three monks left.

The monk left and shut the door behind him, locked her inside, in the dark.

The monastery continued to function until the 20th century; the last monk left in 1930.