Cliff hanger: Sümela Monastery, founded in the 4th century, is a spectacular sight -- hanging 1,000 feet above a river valley in eastern Turkey. Hasan Tascan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images ...

Paleokastritsa Monastery is ranked #3 out of 8 things to do in Corfu. ... Inside, you'll find a small museum of Byzantine icons, books, relics and a traditional olive oil press.

SERGIEV POSAD, June 22. /TASS/. 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 ...

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 ...

Spyridon, who was born on Amorgos, joined the monastery straight out of high school in 1971, when he was 18. He’s now one of only two monks there, plus an assistant, 35-year-old Constantin ...