Following a stay at Holy Cross Abbey, I feel obliged to confess ... stuck to themselves. The monastery chapel, a 10-minute walk away, was a simple structure with plain white walls and a few ...

WAYNE COUNTY - The Hermitage of the Holy Cross monastery sits on 180 isolated acres just south of Beech Fork State Park. Home to 23 Russian Orthodox monks, the monastery provides seclusion from ...

Across West Virginia, you can find diversity where you least expect it, and the Holy Cross Monastery, whose brotherhood has resided deep in Wayne County since 2000, is no exception.

The result was a 14-month project involving six Michigan graduate students that produced a 472-page report measuring just about every aspect of monastery life. The report, “Holy Cross Abbey ...