At that time, the monastery of the Pantocrator is peaceful and quiet ... center of a large mosque complex following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Turkish industrialist Rahmi Koc is ...

Romania's Orthodox Church has asked clerics to perform traditional rain prayers. At the Pantocrator monastery in the southern Romanian county of Giurgiu, Culeasa joined roughly 100 people in prayer.

"I was deeply saddened to learn of the decision of the Turkish authorities to convert the historic Chora Monastery in Constantinople into an Islamic mosque. It is a decision that intensifies our ...

Romania’s Orthodox Church has asked clerics to perform traditional rain prayers. At the Pantocrator monastery in the southern Romanian county of Giurgiu, Ms. Culeasa joined roughly 100 people in ...