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 ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from invaders ...

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

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 ...

The historic altar of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem has been unveiled for the first time ...

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 ...

St. Tikhon’s Monastery’s annual pilgrimage is set for Memorial Day weekend and nearly 5,000 people are expected on the grounds in South Canaan Twp., Wayne County. St. Tikhon’s Monastery remains a ...

Monastery of Anthony the Great gets face lift thanks to the Egyptian government. CAIRO, Feb. 10, 2010 — -- Near Egypt's Red Sea coast, nestled at the foot of Al Qalzam Mountain and dotted by palm ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky CAMBRIDGE, New York (AP) — After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their ...