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 ...

When Svetlana and her family from the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine reached the snow-covered Putna monastery in the rolling hills of northeastern Romania, they had been on the road for four ...

There’s something unforgettable about medieval monasteries: they weren’t just places of worship—they were fortresses of faith ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

KYIV -- Clerics of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) who have been ordered to leave the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the Ukrainian capital on March 30 defied the eviction order and refused to allow ...

In a bitter dispute over a famed Orthodox monastery, Ukraine’s top security agency notified a leading Orthodox priest there on Saturday that he was suspected of justifying Russia’s aggression, a ...