A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

A habit worn by St. Pio of Pietrelcina and other rare relics are coming to the U.S., brought by Capuchin friars from the very monastery that was home to the beloved saint known as Padre ...

The spring of Molly Buccola's senior year at Santa Clara University, she ran the Los Angeles marathon. The next month, she ...

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Tucked away on a wooded hilltop overlooking the Connecticut River sits Gillette Castle, a magnificent stone fortress that ...

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners. Of the 20 ...

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Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic territory in Greece, home to centuries-old monasteries where monks live in devotion to prayer and spiritual life. Women are banned from entering the area.

The monasteries of Saint George and Saint Pisentius in Naqada in Qena governorate have been inaugurated following their restoration In the heart of the Egyptian province of Qena lies a hidden gem ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI – India is set to introduce its first formal curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to streamline religious education and reinforce national consciousness in monastic ...

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