GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) – (This November 30 story corrects in second paragraph to make clear order not founded by St. Basil and in eleventh paragraph, Italo-Greek rite, not Italo-Albanian ...

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive ...

I STANBUL (RNS) — As news filtered out of Egypt on Thursday (May 29) that a court ruling had called for nationalizing an ancient Orthodox Christian Monastery in the Sinai Desert and the eviction ...

Ancient Christian monastery in Iraq survives centuries of upheaval 04:17. An ancient Christian monastery, possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula ...

But for centuries, the monks have been the guardians of these ancient vines. The monastery dates back to the sixth century, Bishop David told us, vines were planted on day one.

An ancient Christian monastery in Gaza has been added to the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the ongoing conflict in the region.. The move, taken in New Delhi by the UNESCO World ...

GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) - In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual ...

If its ancient walls could talk, Sümela Monastery in eastern Turkey would have quite a few stories to tell. Since its founding in the 4th-century CE by some of the earliest Christians to arrive ...

GROTTAFERRATA, Italy — In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition ...