My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the ...

Three monks belonging to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on Tuesday at a monastery in South Africa. The attack occurred at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose ...

This haunting aerial image captures the remnants of Vazelon Monastery, an ancient Orthodox Christian sanctuary nestled in the ...

Calistoga is known for its secular pleasures — the pampering spas and highly regarded restaurants. But only a few minutes’ walk from Calistoga’s commercial hub sits Holy Assumption Monastery, home to ...

Brother Luke, an Orthodox Christian monk, holds his 10-week-old German shepherd Pyrena on the grounds of the New Skete monastery, where he directs the dog breeding program that has provided both ...

Egyptian police have arrested two men, one a monk and one a former monk, over the death last month of Bishop Epiphanius, the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery. Bishop Epiphanius' body was found July 29, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SOUTH CANAAN TWP. – Faintly at first, a crackling sound leaks from the roasting drum as green ...

MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) - The Holy Dormition Monastery in the town of Zhirovichi, one of Belarus’ main spiritual centers, celebrates its 505th anniversary this year. The history of the spiritual center ...

Owners of a Russian Orthodox monastery are suing Head of the Harbor, alleging the village has delayed their effort to build a small church, court filings show. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension ...