One thing you want to be sure to add to your itinerary is visiting some of the ancient, historical Greek monasteries. Here are ten must-see monasteries in Greece. The church at the Monastery of ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home in New Haven from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

At Deir al-Suryani, one of four Coptic monasteries in the oasis of Wadi El Natrun, just off the desert road between Cairo and Alexandria, I had tea with Father Elarion. Jolly, rotund and white ...

George Coptic Church in the city of Alexandria ... The channel is also the first in Egypt that contains purely Christian contents, including church services, family programs and documentaries about ...

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there are some inscriptions dedicated to the saint and its history as a “adopted” father since the fifth century in some Egyptian monasteries. In that area, in fact, there are news of celebrations ...

He has told me, and several monastic leaders, that if young Catholic missionaries were assigned to do service work for a year or two at monasteries, not only would it help aging monks, but it also ...

"It was like magic," she said. Yoga Central co-founder Michael Curtis noted that prior to 1959, about 25% of Tibetans lived in monasteries, which were largest sources of education and the arts.

How to do it Love Holidays offers two weeks at Bluesea Al Andalus, Torremolinos from £519 per person, room only, including flights, departing April 18. Mani Peninsula, Greece From £28/day The ...

Photograph by Myo Kyaw Soe Xinhua, eyevine, Redux Myanmar’s temples, mosques, monasteries, and nunneries are far more than just places of worship, experts emphasize. Each plays crucial and ...

Situated on the south-eastern fringe of the main zone of the Armenian cultural space, the monasteries constituted a major centre for the dissemination of that culture in the region. They are the last ...