As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her ...

The first discovery of a woman’s remains at a Byzantine monastery challenges long-held beliefs about early Christian ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

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 ...

Guru Padmasambhava, who introduced Buddhism to Bhutan, is said to have reached the site of the isolated cliff-hanging monastery in the 8th century—on the back of a tigress! That gave the ...

Kirsty Marillier (left) and Olivia DeJonge star in Picnic at Hanging Rock for the Sydney Theatre Company. Credit: Louise Kennerley OK, let’s get this out of the way first. Yes, there will be ...

He added that the monastery operated with monks from the 10th century until July 10, 1821, when it was abandoned after the hanging of Abbot Silvestros and its looting by the Turks. He noted that ...

Murals from the 12th and 16th centuries are visible in Paphos’ oldest monastery, Panayia Chrysolakournas, Steni community leader Elias Lampides said on Saturday.Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ...

A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80 ...

Majid and Hossein Kavousifar were both publicly executed by hanging in central Tehran in August 2007. Moghaddasi was one of several judges of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court allegedly ...

Not so much a case of 30 being the new 20, as 20 being the new 30. Less hanging out and less partying means less sex and less drinking. Both are developments that have been welcomed by the public ...