"Pandhof next to the Dom Church." Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It ...

Monastic Burial Site in Sudan Revealed Rare Christian Tattoo on the Bones of a Mummified Nubian The medieval monastic site of ...

Breakfast at the monasteries in Spiti Valley is not just a meal, it's a meditation. Monks start their day before dawn with ...

Somehow, Keaton manages to bring a contemporary feel to her black-and-white living space – using nothing but century-old ...

A garment cut from the tanned hide of a great serpentine beast. Worn loosely wrapped around the torso, it has a freeing effect upon the mind. 32800 ...

The Butley seal (left) was used to leave the priory's mark of the Virgin and child (right) on documents A 10-year-old metal detectorist has found a rare monastic seal while searching a field.

The decline is part of a broader trend of secularization in South Korea. A Gallup Korea survey shows that the proportion of ...