Gurez Valley, an unspoiled beauty close to the Line of Control, lies tucked away in the Himalayas. Although it's in a remote ...

It also has little to no network connectivity. Kheerganga, a breathtaking trekking destination in Parvati Valley, offers a ...

However, the Church set very high standards of cleanliness, so medieval monasteries were places of good public health. close public healthThe health of the population as a whole, and methods used ...

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 ...

Who was this Irish saint who established monasteries throughout Europe and is credited by some as being one of the inspirations behind the founding of the European Union? Damian Bracken ...

Many were monastery infirmaries ... These were on the outskirts of towns so that could be isolated from the rest of the community. Medical care by physicians or doctors seems to have been rare ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a lost church that is thought to have once formed part of a medieval monastery. The church and monastery, located in the municipality of ...

At a time when very few people, even kings, could write, monasteries were the main source of education. As they became richer and more monks were ordained priests the tradition of manual work ceased ...

The novel recalled Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose,” another murder mystery set within an isolated monastery, and became an unexpected hit for Mr. Sansom, who had sent the manuscript out ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar ... successive military dictatorships that kept citizens impoverished and isolated. Monks were part of the 1988 uprising that brought Nobel laureate Aung San ...

They are still on a journey to adjust to life outside the monastery. Lisa and Robert on their wedding day Lisa in particular, who had been isolated for 24 years and not had the academic life ...

For over a thousand years a secretive Buddhist sect has lived on an isolated monastery in Japan performing acts of extreme physical endurance in their pursuit of enlightenment A filmmaker ...