Located just two hours drive east of Tbilisi, Bodbe Monastery nestles between tall Cyprus trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alezani valley, where it commands incredible views of the Great ...

Benedictine monks sing at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Bridgeport. Credit: The Monastery of the Holy Cross Nestled two miles from downtown Chicago in Bridgeport, a neighborhood that once had the ...

HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That's how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...

After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world has roared back to life at ...

CHICAGO -- A siren screamed down 31st Street as six men faced one another in a dim church and began to chant. They chanted standing up. They chanted bent over. Above a thumping bass from a passing car ...

After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world has roared back to life at ...

It isn't every day that Catholic monks find themselves on the pop charts. Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, whose CD of ...

After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life on ...

Eastern culture often seems far removed from our mostly Western sensibilities. Epistemologically speaking, when the most New Worlders hear the word "chant" in relation to music, we immediately think ...

Working from both sacred and secular texts, Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir filled the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium on Wednesday night with a vocal luster that extended as far as the ...

Eight years after devastating earthquakes ravaged central Italy, the reopening of a monastery is an inspiration for an area still struggling to recover. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Norcia, ...

Actress Yami Gautam recently visited the iconic Thiksey Monastery in Leh, Ladakh, and described the chants she heard there as unforgettable. Taking to Instagram, Yami shared glimpses from her ...