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

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

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

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 ...

Historians call it the Bauernkrieg or German Peasants’ War, but to people at the time it was simply the Aufruhr (‘the turmoil’). Through the second half of 1524 and into the summer of 1525, rebellion ...

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 ...

Professor Morrison began teaching at Middlebury College in 2003, just before completing her Ph.D. in religious studies from Stanford University. She teaches classes on the Buddhist tradition and ...