The story of a Greek Orthodox monk, Elder Ephraim, who established 19 monasteries in North America is an epic of devotion to his faith.

Evocative, traditional Russian Orthodox monasteries in the United States give visitors a taste of a more mystical life. Surrounded by modest single family homes in a quiet suburban neighborhood, the ...

As of September 28, UNESCO had confirmed that Russia's invasion of its neighboring country had damaged 82 religious sites in Ukraine. The Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition, a significant ...

Every Memorial Day weekend, 5000 people make a pilgrimage here at the St. Tikhon's monastery near Waymart. "I live here in ...

There is nothing unusual about turning a corner in West Virginia's maze of rough mountain roads and seeing churches with plain white walls and big porches. But the new sanctuary at the Hermitage of ...

Few Orthodox monasteries in Russia can claim a more illustrious history than the one founded to the northwest of Moscow in 1479 by Saint Joseph Volotskii. St. Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery serves as a ...

A Russian Orthodox monastery's plan to build a church on its Saint James campus advanced after Head of the Harbor’s planning board approved the site plan. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension on ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X SOUTH CANAAN TWP. – Faintly at first, a crackling sound leaks from the roasting drum as green coffee beans turn a ...

Brother Luke, an Orthodox Christian monk, holds his 10-week-old German shepherd Pyrena on the grounds of the New Skete monastery, where he directs the dog breeding program that has provided both ...