MASTER YAN'AN HAS trained at the Shaolin Temple in the Henan province of China since he was 6 years old. He has climbed the roughly 1,500 stone steps up Wuru Peak to the Bodhidharma Cave thousands of ...

The imposing, restored tower of Panachrantou Monastery has been transformed into “Art Reliquary – a gallery devoted to spiritual and contemporary creativity.” View on euronews ...

Monasteries look like idyllic places where time stands still, and your soul enjoys complete peace. These stone buildings with their gardens and intricate iconography look like heaven on earth, but the ...

In March, I walked the sprawling grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage ...

If Catholics want marriages and the priesthood to be renewed, then we need a vigorous revival of monastic life. ABOVE: The abbot and monks of Holy Resurrection Monastery. BELOW: (1) Bishop David ...

Profiles of religious life in Atlanta” is a series of The Georgia Bulletin and looks at the charisms and work of ...

Carmelite nuns came to Erie in 1957 and prayed here for more than 60 years until their monastery closed. Now the building has been torn down.

Summer in Ladakh is about far more than just brilliant blue skies, high mountain passes, and crystal-clear turquoise lakes.