The previous 13 Dalai Lamas all took birth either in the year that their predecessor died, or a year later. They were mostly ...

Monasteries reopen Nevine El-Aref , Thursday 7 Sep 2023 The monasteries of Saint George and Saint Pisentius in Naqada in Qena governorate have been inaugurated following their restoration ...

Medieval hospital ruins were recently found beneath a street in York, England, during sinkhole repairs, uncovering part of the historic St. Leonard's Hospital complex.

Dharamshala is hosting celebrations for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday. Richard Gere, a supporter, is participating in the ...

About an hour and a half north of Budapest by car, there’s a little yellow church — the Basilica of Our Lady of the ...

Centuries ago, the site was home to St. Leonard's Hospital, a sprawling monastic facility that provided care to sick individuals and supplied meals for prisoners at nearby York Castle ...

Roughly 600 monasteries across Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh currently follow four major Tibetan and Indian Buddhist traditions.

Archaeologists recently uncovered “sensational” artifacts beneath a historic monastery in Poland — offering a glimpse into ...

Cardinal Wolsey’s eventual successor, Thomas Cromwell, began the dissolution of every English monastery in 1536, under Henry VIII’s instruction.