In these excavations, it was discovered the church was 60m in length, with short transepts and it had columns in the naves, which separated the aisles. Today, all that remains in an empty field with ...

It is 7 am on a winter morning in Kathmandu. As the gate of Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park opens, it reveals numerous trails leading up to different nooks in ...

On the fourth Sunday of every month Venerable Suco Hue Huong, the Buddhist nun who anchors Buu Hung Buddhist Monastery in east Vancouver, offers a no-nonsense lecture about life, death and the human q ...

RSVP journalist Shauna Bannon Ward's visit to Glencairn was to witness why young women are drawn to a cloistered life in ...

Following the teachings of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Marilyn Silverstone devoted the last twenty years of her eventful life to ...

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

There’s more to Peru than Machu Picchu, Cusco and the Nazca Lines. Indeed, the Andean city and region of Arequipa reveal a ...

Dressed in white headscarves and bearing crosses, the sisters of St Elisabeth Convent were a picture of innocence as they ...

St. Benedict’s Monastery held its final public Mass on Jan. 11, with four of the five remaining monks transferring to other ...

Los Domingos, the latest feature from Alauda Ruiz De Azúa, leads this year’s Goya Award nominations.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Yes, Alabama does have monks. The state’s only male monastic community lives at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, home to 30 Benedictine monks. There are also cloistered Dominican nuns at the Dominican ...