GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) – (This November 30 story corrects in second paragraph to make clear order not founded by St. Basil and in eleventh paragraph, Italo-Greek rite, not Italo-Albanian) In ...

Yousif Ibrahim, the head monk at Saint Matthew's Monastery, laments the ever present struggle the Christian community faces in Iraq (photo: Abed al Qaisi). AL-FAF, Iraq -- Yousif Ibrahim paces down ...

It was 3 o'clock one morning in 1964, on the eve of the highest holiday in the Tibetan calendar, when renowned religion scholar Huston Smith awoke in a monastery in the Himalayas to experience ...

In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, photo, a young Hindu monk practices Mati Akhora devotional performing art at a Satra, or Vaishnavite monastery, in Majuli, India. This centuries-old tradition is being ...

Upstate residents have a rare opportunity this week to interact and learn from real Tibetan monks. Eight members of the Drepung Gomang Monastery arrived Tuesday and will be teaching classes all week ...

LILLE, France - A fire on Sunday tore through the ancient monastery of Mont-Dieu, destroying the centuries-old French heritage site's main building, the local mayor and firefighters told AFP.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

GROTTAFERRATA, Italy — In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition against ...

AL-FAF, Iraq — Yousif Ibrahim paces down the 1,600-year-old chamber room of St. Matthew's Monastery passing rows of empty polished-wood pews. Ornate crystal chandeliers hang from the arched ceiling ...

GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) - In an ancient monastery behind huge medieval battlements in a hilltop town just south of Rome, 10 monks are striving to keep alive a 1,600-year-old spiritual tradition ...