The monastery complex of Meteora, Greece, sits thousands of feet above the ground, making it one of the most remote places to live and worship in the world.; While 30 monasteries were built over ...

Small group of nuns in upstate New York continue a centuries-old tradition of monastic orders producing ... at the monastery and deliver to some stores in the region like Delmar Marketplace ...

Andronikov Monastery was sacked in 1571 during a catastrophic attack on Moscow by Crimean khan Devlet-Girei. It was ravaged again in 1611 during the Polish occupation of Moscow, part of the period ...

News; Idaho; St. Gertrude’s monastery paves the way for continued its future in a small Idaho town May 26, 2023 Updated Fri., May 26, 2023 at 5:41 p.m. Stone used to build the chapel at the ...

At the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, on the site where Jesus is believed to have been crucified and resurrected, a centuries-long real estate spat tends to flare up at Orthodox Easter.

The monks now occupy a small monastery near the hamlet of Clark, about 40 miles east of Yellowstone National Park. They belong to an order rooted in the 16th century that requires they sustain ...

In this Thursday, July 16, 2015 photo, sisters at New Skete Monastery, and a guest, take part in morning prayers in Cambridge, N.Y. The nuns of New Skete lead a cloistered life marked by prayer ...

In the midst of quiet lives of prayer, a handful of nuns have sliced out a niche as bakers of high-end cheesecakes, so rich and creamy in flavors of chocolate, amaretto and key lime that they seem ...

News; Religion; St. Gertrude’s Monastery paves the way for a continued Benedictine future in small Idaho town May 22, 2023 Updated Mon., May 22, 2023 at 9:02 p.m.