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Growing numbers of young Finns drawn to monastic life / 36FP6GT
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At the dazzling white Valamo monastery, southeastern Finland, the monks have just finished breakfast and are getting to work. Their numbers here have grown, with the brotherhood almost doubling from 10 to 18 monks in the last five yers, part of a wider trend that has surprised experts. Christianity and conservatism has been winning over young men in what is a predominantly secular and progressive country. "I think it's maybe quite uncertain times that we are living in," says Archimandrite Michael, a monastic priest, "people want to have something steady." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES