A Russian Orthodox monastery’s proposal to build a small church on its campus advanced Wednesday night after Head of the ...

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 ...

Evocative, traditional Russian Orthodox monasteries in the United States give visitors a taste of a more mystical life. Surrounded by modest single family homes in a quiet suburban neighborhood, the ...

As of September 28, UNESCO had confirmed that Russia's invasion of its neighboring country had damaged 82 religious sites in Ukraine. The Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition, a significant ...

Few Orthodox monasteries in Russia can claim a more illustrious history than the one founded to the northwest of Moscow in 1479 by Saint Joseph Volotskii. St. Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery serves as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hollywood icon Mel Gibson is reportedly in Greece for a spiritual retreat before filming begins for "The Resurrection of Christ" in August. Images of Gibson, 69, touring Hilandar Monastery on Mount ...

SBU and police swoop on suspected ‘subversive activities by Russian special services’ Ukraine’s SBU security service and police have raided a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv as ...

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 ...