Notable sites include the 7th-century Karmravor Church, celebrated for its unique red-tiled roof, and the Geghard Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its rock-hewn architecture and ...

Few places capture the complex sweep of human history like ... UNESCO World Heritage site Geghard Monastery, an hour’s drive from the capital, Yerevan, is a testament to Armenia’s spiritual ...

Geghard was once a house for monks ... Historians say Saint Gregory the Illuminator started the monastery here in Armenia. The medieval complex, with its churches cut into rock, still has original ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek monk lived 38 years, almost alone, in a medieval monastery-fortress on the small Ionian island of ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Jan. 6 (UPI) --At least 10 buildings and multiple artifacts from the 5th or 6th century have been uncovered in southern Israel in what authorities say is an ancient Byzantine monastery thousands ...

A Byzantine-era monastery, from the 5th-6th centuries CE ... "Transferring mosaics is a complex process that requires great skill and precision. Soon, the ancient mosaic will be moved to the ...

Israel Antiquities Authority The monastery was unearthed during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) just north of the modern city of Kiryat Gat. The religious complex forms ...

FILE - A boy rides his bicycle past apartment buildings as a rally staged by the East Colfax Community Collective is held in the courtyard to address chronic problems in the apartment buildings ...