Champa Shipal of the Champaling Monastery came in second, and Ngakwang Kunchen of the Drepung Monastery took third. Champa Shipal said that he was pleased to have earned the degree, as he had failed ...

A rectangle and the word “Klosterkullen,” which translates to “monastery hill,” was drawn in an area that today is an empty field in Derome, according to a May 13 news release from the ...

Nearly 5,000 people are expected to attend the pilgrimage hosted by Saint Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan Township near Waymart. They will honor the 100th anniversary of the repose of Saint ...

Some of the historic trees around Tucson’s Benedictine Monastery will live on despite plans to flip the iconic site into a luxury apartment complex. A private foundation has stepped up to help ...

Women are banned from entering the area. At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises.

Greek Monk Hospitalized After Monastery Clash Linked to Decades-Old Dispute THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a ...

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern ...