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 ...

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 ...

As Pope Francis prepares to visit Indonesia, the founding superior of a monastery in Java shares what life is like for Catholics in a majority-Muslim country. When Sister Martha Driscoll and ...

Five men searching for meaning in their lives accept a challenge from the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey to live according to the monks' rules for 40 days and nights.

Saint Joseph of Optina was born on November 2, 1837 in the village of Gorodishcha in the province of Kharkov. His name in the world was John Litovkin, and his parents Euthymius and Maria were simple ...

There is a small monastery 100 km from the city of Vologda, which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. And all because of the unique church paintings from the 16th century, which have ...

Easter in particular is marked by special rituals and processions. At Bachkovo Monastery, founded in the 11th century in the Rhodope Mountains, monks and pilgrims carry an icon to the mountains.