Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, that today attracts thousands of religious pilgrims.

Cliff hanger: Sümela Monastery, founded in the 4th century, is a spectacular sight -- hanging 1,000 feet above a river valley in eastern Turkey.

Paleokastritsa Monastery is ranked #3 out of 8 things to do in Corfu. See pictures and our review of Paleokastritsa Monastery.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone struck a monastery in Russia's Kursk region on Friday, killing one person, the regional governor Alexei Smirnov said on the Telegram app.

At least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a monastery in Myanmar’s Southern Shan State on Saturday as local insurgent groups and the military-backed junta accused each other of ...

For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and priests and monks from the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery have carried Andrey Rublev’s "Holy Trinity" icon to the Lavra’s Trinity ...

Urban explorers have shared creepy pictures from inside the Sicignano monastery in Italy which has been abandoned for nearly half a century and is shrouded in dark legend ...

The party introduced the custom of observing the birth and death anniversaries of Dalit icons since 2019 Lok Sabha polls when it had tied up with long-standing rival Bahujan Samaj Party.

News Weird News Beauty and the Beast 'World's most beautiful' fairytale library in historic monastery inspired Disney tale This monastery is centuries old and steeped in history – but one of its ...

The police have stopped a car that was removing an icon from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves). Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Details: A Radio Liberty journalist witnessed the ...