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Medieval retellings of the birth of the Virgin Mary suggest the Church was understanding of infertility
Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...
A not-so-modern epidemic: What 17th-century nuns can teach us about coping with loneliness
Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?
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The 3 most beautiful hilltop monasteries to visit in the Balkans
Carved right into the rock, up on a cliffside or overlooking the valley from atop a rocky promontory... In the Balkans, from ...
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On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
Simonos Petra, a monastery on Mount Athos, embraces monks from diverse backgrounds, transcending national boundaries within the Orthodox Christian faith. This ecumenical spirit, rooted in the ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world — as long as they’re men
(AP video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic. Drone shots by Thanassis Stavrakis. Production by Costas Kantouris and Theodora Tongas) The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged ...
On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian ...
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Greek cliffside monastery transcends country branches of Orthodoxy
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian ...
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AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on long tradition of monastic life at medieval cliffside monastery
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home ...
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On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...