Archaeologists believed they had unearthed the remains of a Byzantine monk buried beneath an ancient monastery in Jerusalem.

Saint Eudokia of Heliopolis, a Samaritan woman from ancient Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanon), lived a life of extravagance and ...

Meteora, Greece's hanging rocks with the red-roofed monasteries, has become the second most popular tourist destination in ...

I am not a white male U.S. citizen, so I am scared and angry. When I am angry, I organize, and am happy to tell you that so do many ...

Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal Mount Athos project that could have been the eighth wonder of the ...

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where ...

"The name Benedict also evokes the extraordinary figure of the great 'patriarch of western monasticism,' St. Benedict of Norcia, co-patron of Europe with Cyril and Methodius. The progressive ...

Ordained in Rome, John started monasteries in southern France, near Marseilles, thus helping to pioneer monasticism in Europe. His two main writings, Institutes of the Monastic Life and ...

Saint Vincent College is an educational community rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, the heritage of Benedictine monasticism, and the love of values inherent in the liberal approach to ...

Pieter Bruegel The Elder was a prominent Flemish painter of the 16th century, famed for his vivid, often humorous depictions of peasant life and moral metaphors.

God has a plan for creation and we aim to frustrate it. It is interesting to tell a little story of Celtic spirituality which has contributed so much to Western Christianity. Every time one goes to ...