Baptist News Global3d
St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration
Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery to view its famous ...
Greek Reporter4d
Five Breathtaking Greek Island Monasteries Built on Cliffs
Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...
National Geographic news6y
Soul of Russia
The results are stunning: Busloads of pilgrims arrive to marvel at the medieval splendor ... returned from a pilgrimage to the Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Mount Athos in Greece.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN6d
Ten Isolated, Gravity-Defying Monasteries You Can Visit Around the World
For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...
mirrorspectator18h
European Preservation Group Names Arakelots Monastery in Tavush as Endangered
This week the 7 Most Endangered Programme, a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage, announced its list ...
Horizon Weekly2d
Europa Nostra: Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in Armenia listed among Europe’s most endangered sites
Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in Armenia has been named among the 14 most endangered sites in Europa. The 14 monuments ...
TASS2y
Kiev-Pechersk Lavra registered as monastery within Orthodox Church of Ukraine
TASS/. The Kiev-Pechersk Lavra has been registered as a monastery within the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), with OCU leader Epiphanius (Dumenko) heading the monastery as a legal ...