MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

The history of the spiritual center began with the miraculous appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God. A legend has it that this happened in 1470.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 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 ...

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 ... Moldova, Cyprus and Greece. But there are others ...

Conyers is also the respite for The Monastery of the Holy Spirit, a serene retreat with opportunities ... the Monastery Lakes (where you can feed the ducks), the Stations of the Cross along the lake, ...

Egypt has ordered the closure of the Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai, the world's oldest continuously functioning ...

Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

Cyprus, the island known for its lovely beaches and ancient ruins, is one of the few divided countries in the world, offering ...

WORCESTER ― As the city's Jesuit institution of higher learning, the College of the Holy Cross states its commitment to the Jesuit mission on its website. "We work to care for the whole person ...