An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, ...

One of the most picturesque cities on the Golden Ring, Pereslavl-Zalessky offers visitors a number of historic buildings to explore. Photographs by William Brumfield The ancient path northeast of ...

Thomas Merton, who died a little more than 30 years ago, is the most celebrated monk who ever lived and worked at the Abbey of Gethsemani, but the monastery in Kentucky’s Nelson County is hardly the ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky devised a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography. His vision of photography as a form ...

Mosul, Iraq -- The abuses of authoritarian regimes across the Middle East extend far beyond the displacement and persecution of indigenous communities such as the Assyrian people. These regimes have ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — As news filtered out of Egypt on Thursday (May 29) that a court ruling had called for nationalizing an ancient Orthodox Christian Monastery in the Sinai Desert and the eviction of its ...

Tengboche Monastery sits atop a hill at the confluence of the Dudh Kosi and the Imja Khola rivers, with a clear view of Everest. About 350 years ago, Lama Sangwa Dorje (a high priest) of Khumbu ...

The monastery follows principles developed nearly 1,500 years ago. It offers spiritual retreats while producing 10,000 cases of award-winning wines a year in partnership with a fifth-generation ...

More than 150 years of history were stolen from a Northern Kentucky monastery.A burglar stole more than 125 rings and $1,800 in cash from the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery.The Villa ...