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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE PHOTO: View shows Uspenskyi (Holy Dormition) Cathedral and the Trapezna church at a compound of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday called ...

A Russian Orthodox monastery's plan to build a church on its Saint James campus advanced after Head of the Harbor’s planning board approved the site plan. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension on ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SOUTH CANAAN TWP. – Faintly at first, a crackling sound leaks from the roasting drum as green ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims visit the monastery every year Police have stopped people going in and out of the Ukrainian town of Pochayiv after an outbreak at one of the largest Orthodox ...

Owners of a Russian Orthodox monastery are suing Head of the Harbor, alleging the village has delayed their effort to build a small church, court filings show. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension ...