A 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era mosaic from a Christian monastery was recently put on public display for the first time, giving a glimpse into life during ancient times. The Israeli Ministry of ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly ... such as Romania, Serbia, Russia, Moldova, Cyprus and Greece. But there are others from China, Germany, Hungary ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high ... from European countries where Orthodoxy is the predominant religion, such as Romania, Serbia, Russia, Moldova, Cyprus and ...

Father Serafeim prays in the ossuary of Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

The 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 Monastery ...

After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The ...

The Holy See has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, a month after its residents were dismissed from the Carmelite order and religious life. The decree, ...

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an ...

Flowers sit at the gate to the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, where the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington live and pray, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Supporters of the sisters placed the ...

The Vatican has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, following a long-running controversy in which the prioress was found guilty of having broken her ...

Reverend Mother Teresa Agnes Gerlach of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas (photo: Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns / via CNA) The Vatican has ...