Monasteries are holy places of quiet and contemplation, but even they can’t escape the tyranny of I.P.A.s. This month, St. Joseph’s Abbey, located an hour west of Boston in the town of Spencer ...

Then, as a choir chanted the Te Deum, Abbot Boultwood formally accepted the fealty of 37 monks from St. Anselm’s Abbey, the capital’s only Benedictine monastery. American-born and British ...

On July 6, Vreeland will be enthroned as the new abbot of Rato Monastery in southern India, ... Dalai Lama taps American to bridge East and West at Tibetan monastery. June 26, 2012.

The Christmas fair in Madrid was the work of Fundación Contemplare, a nonprofit set up to help Spain’s monasteries continue a legacy of gourmet baked goods and handmade candies but also, more ...

Nestled in the farmland of Port Tobacco, Maryland, stands the oldest Carmelite monastery in America. Founded in 1790, the Mount Carmel Monastery was the first Catholic convent for religious women ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Meteora Monasteries in Thessaly ” in SA Supplements Vol. 43 No. 1104supp (February 1897), p. 17646 doi:10.1038 ...