Journey to Meteora, Greece, where ancient monasteries perch atop towering rock pillars blending history and nature. Then, experience the fiery spectacle of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano, showcasing ...

Human history is etched into the landscape at sites like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Petra in Jordan, and Japan’s Himeji Castle, ...

The most popular destinations in Greece for honeymooners tend to be Santorini, Mykonos, and Crete. But with half a dozen ...

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

The monastery of Casamari in Italy was built in the 11th century on the foundations of a temple dedicated to Ceres, the Greek ...

COMMENTARY: The first ecumenical council made a landmark profession of Christ’s divine identity that continues to anchor the ...

The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town’s peak.

The story of a Greek Orthodox monk, Elder Ephraim, who established 19 monasteries in North America is an epic of devotion to his faith.

Göran Bengtsson, a hobby archaeologist, was studying an 18th-century map of southwestern Sweden when he noticed something unusual.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...