CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir.

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Brother Luke, an Orthodox Christian monk, walks toward the Church of Holy Transfiguration, the first church built by the brothers in 1970 for the New Skete monastery, which runs both a dog ...

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Dog training is expensive – the monks charge about the average for boarding and training, $3,500 for 2.5 weeks, which has become a more reliable source of income than the breeding program.

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