For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...

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She served as a substitute mother in monasteries and convents ... a steady stream of people of all ages—including Alejandra Anai Hernán de Romero, an 18-year-old mother clutching her sick ...

With all the snakes and showmanship of some of the Irish saints, it's no wonder Brigid didn't get ... The church had significant political power during the Middle Ages, and it sometimes used the cult ...

Melleray was founded in 1832 by a group of 64 Irish Cistercian monks, who were forced to leave their monastery at Melleray in Brittany when the French revolution of 1830 led to the introduction of ...

though her cult was extremely popular in the middle ages. It seems that St Margaret's was built in the 12th century, although we do not have a precise date. From then until the dissolution of the ...

The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about 15 kilometers east of the epicenter in Tingri county, China Tibet Online reported on Sunday.

The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about 15 kilometres east of the epicentre in Tingri county, China Tibet Online reported on Sunday.

Hemis Monastery is Ladakh's largest and wealthiest monastery. It is famous for its annual festival, intricate murals and centuries-old Buddhist artefacts ...

That places Ireland firmly in the middle ground of Europe – along with the likes of Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Italy – and at the lower end of that group of countries when it comes to ...