"Doing penance" or "practicing mortification".
Mortifacation
I think you're either thinking of ascetics or monks
A monastery is designed to be self-contained and self-reliant. Monks and nuns lived in monasteries. Some monasteries were where people went for medical treatment and some were places of for learning, or for stopping in while traveling.Saint Benedict lived in a monastery.Monasteries were (and are) homes to nuns and/or monks who spend most of their lives within the confines of the monastery working and praying. They are different from priests, sisters and brothers who live in rectories, friaries or convents but who work in the outside world.Roman Catholic AnswerMen and women who have dedicated themselves to God and His worship through study, prayer, and manual work.from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980Monastery. The place where religious dwell in seclusion. The term applies mainly to religious men or women who live a cloistered, contemplative life and recite the entire Divine Office in common. (Etym. Greek monasterion, from monasein, live alone.)a monk
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Monks of Despair - 2009 is rated/received certificates of: Canada:14A (self applied)
"Mort", or "death". The word "mortify" means "torture", but the context is more "self-inflicted torture".
Monasteries are communities of monks/nuns. They are religious communities separated from the rest of society.A monastery is a facility which houses a religious community of monks or nuns. Generally, a monastery is designed to be self contained, so that the religious adherents inside could potentially live out their lives entirely inside monastery walls. By choosing to live in seclusion, the inhabitants of a monastery can explore the nature of faith either alone or together, and these facilities often become repositories of religious knowledge and contemplation.A community of people OR The place of residence occupied by such people. I hope this help u for whatever u r finding it for.
Well, the rings are not exactly like "wedding rings" for a husband and wife. Some (not all) orders of nuns wear a gold band (or made of another material such as silver, etc.) as a symbol of their fidelity and betrothal (marriage of sorts) to the Church and to God. The ring may be given when the nun professes vows at her first profession or at her final profession. There are a number of customs regarding the wearing of a ring, for nuns as well as monks.
Friars live the evangelical counsels (vows of poverty, chastity and obedience) to service the community. Monks practice asceticism (living alone or with other monks) and devotion. Monks are self-sufficient, whereas friars live among other people and rely on donations. Friars are can also travel within a wide area, but monks stay in the same place.
around that time, religion was a major part of peoples lives, so becoming a monk would have been seen as bringing them closer to god, as well as being a fairly safe profession, with the guarantee of food and a roof over your head if you were willing to work the land that each monastery had.
Self-flagellation is the action of flogging oneself, especially as a form of religious discipline.
They allowed people to worship God and live there. They drunk ate and slept there and people say it's a bit like marrying the monestery or church if they were there.
the song is san fransisco dreaming by Global Djs Vs Benny Banassi - Faiza