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

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

The Jubilee Vatican decree lists the corporal and spiritual works and presents many ways to put them into practice.

The abbots and abbesses of 39 monasteries in Greece and Mount Athos have issued an open letter supporting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

The BriefThe Monastery of the Holy Spirit is considered the top destination in Rockdale County.The centerpiece of the Monastery is the Abbey Church, which took the monks 15 years to build.The ...

The Dafhni Monastery in Athens, Greece, a Byzantine masterpiece, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Credit: Sp!ros, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikipedia The Daphni Monastery on the outskirts of Athens ...

Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots at sunrise toward the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati ...

Watch: Millions take a holy dip on day two of India's Mahakumbh Mela Ash-smeared naked Hindu holy men charged into India's most sacred river Ganges at dawn on the first most significant bathing ...

The following pages highlight anniversaries of memorable events that occurred this week in Christian history. They include the abdication of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the birth of Georg Spalatin, ...

Thousands of Hindu holy men have been arriving in Prayagraj to participate in the Kumbh Mela festival Millions of people have taken a holy bath at the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela (also known as ...

such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. An image shows the Israel Antiquities Authority excavation north of Kiryat Gat in Israel. A Byzantine monastery has been uncovered during the ...

A Byzantine-era monastery, from the 5th-6th centuries CE, has been uncovered near the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The monastery features a ...