Three octogenarian nuns have defied their diocese, run away from their nursing home and returned to their former convent in ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — 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 ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — 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 ...

Archbishop Damianos of Mount Sinai's Monastery of St Catherine is stepping down at age 91 amidst internal unrest.

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 enclose ...

Explore the historic Rila Monastery in Bulgaria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled in the stunning Rila Mountains.

By Gina Christian, OSV News Three elderly women religious in Austria fled their nursing home and have returned to their ...

TLC’s latest entry into the reality ring had me skeptical at the first mention. But after reading the synopses for the reality show The Monastery, I think this could be an interesting show. The ...

The Jonang Takten Phuntsok Choeling Monastery is a very small, modest monastery of more than one hundred monks. The majority of the monks also come from Tibet and Mongolia ...

Corfu's Catholic Capuchin monastery closes after 381 years as the order cites a lack of vocations, leaving locals sad about the development.

MONTECITO, CALIF. — Brother Nicholas Radelmiller tolled the bell amid the ruins of the Mt. Calvary Monastery, but no worshipers were there to hear it. Down the mountainside, workers revved up their ...