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

It was inhabited by monks for nearly 700 years ... with plans to turn it into a tourist attraction called the Ancient Spanish Monastery. (Time magazine called it "The Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle ...

Meanwhile, nobody knows for sure if the monastery’s origin story is true or merely myth. According to the legend, Sümela ...

For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire has recently set up a TikTok account and the monks there have been busy answering ...

No one in the monastery would have thought twice, for instance, when, while searching for writing material, the monk plucked out of the collection an ancient Greek text that had gone unread for a ...

Manuscript artists were the OG (original gangster) art hackers. They rocked those vibrant colors and intricate details with some seriously old-school techniques. They crafted their own inks from ...

According to the official statement, the church said that the attack resulted in the death of Monk Hegumen Takla El-Samuely (deputy of the Coptic Diocese of South Africa), Monk Yostos Ava Markos ...

He added that the monastery operated with monks from the 10th century until July 10, 1821, when it was abandoned after the hanging of Abbot Silvestros and its looting by the Turks. He noted that ...