Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain ...

A court ruling in Egypt about St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai has sparked grave concern within the Greek Orthodox Church ...

A newly appointed U.N. envoy for Cyprus says she’ll work hard to ensure concrete progress in measures to build trust between ...

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 ...

Two wings to the monastery were built in 1885. Count Creighton — Pope Leo XII named him a Knight of the Holy Roman Empire ... of Mercy and Sisters of the Cross. The Mercy nuns, who were ...

The monastery, a fortified structure, included a chapel, trapeza, kitchen, service wings, and a winepress. In the center of the chapel is a mosaic of a Maltese cross, with a Greek ... Traces of ...

In the first section, titled The Medieval Imprint, the studies range from iconography to pilgrimage and cross-cultural interactions ... sacred sites like the Holy Sepulchre and the Via Dolorosa ...

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 ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum ... of charlatanism and faking miracles involving “holy myrrh” emanating from a cross. The six-member religious court, comprised ...

Boasting fascinating historical sites, incredible food and wonderful wellness experiences, Paphos, Cyprus makes for a ... we stop off at the church of the Holy Cross, which is full of fascinating ...

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