German Carthusian Killed in Korea
A German Carthusian priest, 55, has died in a fire at the Charterhouse of Our Lady of Korea in Sangju, police and firefighters confirmed.
The fire broke out at 10:34 pm on 25 October in one of the twelve single-storey cells, 270 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
The victim was discovered in a corridor. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Sangju is the only Carthusian monastery in Asia. Two Carthusians from Grand Chartreuse, France, came to Korea in 1999 and initially lived with the Capuchins in Seoul.
In 2002, they acquired a plot of 120 hectares, on which a monastery with originally eight cells was built in 2004.
Two monks from the Charterhouse Marienau, Baden-Württemberg, also moved to South Korea.
The Carthusian monks - about 450 worldwide - live in solitude, almost completely cut off from the world.
Picture: Gyeongbuk Fire Service, #newsKxyobonyhk
The fire broke out at 10:34 pm on 25 October in one of the twelve single-storey cells, 270 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
The victim was discovered in a corridor. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Sangju is the only Carthusian monastery in Asia. Two Carthusians from Grand Chartreuse, France, came to Korea in 1999 and initially lived with the Capuchins in Seoul.
In 2002, they acquired a plot of 120 hectares, on which a monastery with originally eight cells was built in 2004.
Two monks from the Charterhouse Marienau, Baden-Württemberg, also moved to South Korea.
The Carthusian monks - about 450 worldwide - live in solitude, almost completely cut off from the world.
Picture: Gyeongbuk Fire Service, #newsKxyobonyhk