Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

According to Christian tradition, Saint John wrote the Book of Revelation here, after he was exiled to the island by the ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek-Orthodox monk lived 38 years of his life in a monastery-fortress on the remote Ionian island of Strofades. Public Domain This is the story of Father Grigorios, a ...

The abbots and abbesses of 39 monasteries in Greece and Mount Athos have issued an open letter supporting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). Indeed, all who desire to live godly in ...

Truth be told, I had never really heard of Patmos before. The idea of visiting a beautiful Greek island was enough to spark my ... including St John's Monastery, the Pighi Convent, the Koumana Convent ...

Notably, the site includes a mosaic with an ancient Greek inscription from the Book of Deuteronomy, proclaiming, “Blessed are you when you come in and blessed are you when you go out” (Deuteronomy ...

The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about 15 kilometres east of the epicentre in Tingri county, China Tibet Online reported on Sunday.

At least two Tibetan monastic centres damaged by quake Unknown number of clergy hurt, monasteries affected Buddhist monasteries key to Tibet's cultural identity Some Tibetan monks in the past ...

The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about 15 kilometers east of the epicenter in Tingri county, China Tibet Online reported on Sunday.

During archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, a monastery dating back to the Byzantine period was discovered, embellished with a ...