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

They were drawn to the remote area by a vision ... Sümela was popular with Christian and Muslim pilgrims, and an active Greek ...

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 ...

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

This week the 7 Most Endangered Programme, a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage, announced its list ...