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Persoon
Geauthoriseerde naam
Acharya, Francis Mahieu, Fr., O.S.C.O.
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Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
- Acharya, Francis Mahieu, Fr., O.S.C.O., 1911-2002
Aandere naamsvormen
- Fr. Francis Mahieu Acharya
- Francis Mahieu, Acharya, Fr. Francis Acharya, Dom Francis Acharya
- Francis Mahieu, Acharya, Fr.
- Fr. Francis Acharya
- Dom Francis Acharya
- Dom Francis Mahieu Acharya
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Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1911-2002
Geschiedenis
Fr. Francis Mahieu Acharya, a native of Belgium who later became a Cistercian monk there, came to India in 1955 and founded a monastery in 1958. He was a pioneer in a rebirth of Syriac monasticism and of blending it with Indian spiritual traditions, such as the Upanishads, and was later Acharya, or "teacher" (and abbot), of the Kurisumala Ashram. They became officially a part of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) in 1988 and follow the liturgy of the Syro-Malankara Church (a Catholic Church in communion with Roman Catholicism).