British-Born Monk Becomes First Foreigner to Reach Highest Rank
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand — The Thai Buddhist community is celebrating a historic milestone after a British-born monk was elevated to the kingdom’s highest echelon of the monastic hierarchy, becoming the first foreign national in the nation’s history to be appointed to the supreme rank of Somdet Phra Ratchakhana. Thais mourn departure of Supreme Patriarch Somdet […]