A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...

After 66 years, the St Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass will begin closing this summer, according to a message on its website. The message, from Dom Damian Carr: “As many of you know, our monastic ...

Cairo (AFP) – Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land.

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The Carmelite nuns have left their home at a Christoval monastery after 35 years. "For decades, the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace ...

Situated in North Miami Beach, this monastery has a storied past. Officially known as the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, construction on the structure began in A.D. 1133 in northern Spain and ...

The south of northwest China's Gansu province, known as the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, is regarded as a sacred land with a charming Tibetan Buddhist ambience, represented by the Labuleng ...