Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from invaders ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek monk lived 38 years, almost alone, in a medieval monastery-fortress on the small Ionian island of ...

Over time it became an important destination for Christian pilgrims ... especially for a humble monk copyist living in a remote desert monastery. Luckily for him, the venerable religious community ...