Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

The story of a Syrian monastery that has become a beacon of interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims—and the legacy ...

Pope Francis and the UAE had an enduring, cordial, and fruitful relationship that spanned almost a decade. It was a moment of joy and celebration.

Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos pets a cat as he leaves the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, seen in the ...

Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and ...

In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of ...

For 28 years, he headed the St Mary monastery in Rawaseneng, Temanggung district (Central Java). Within the Church, he is known for playing a prominent role in the development of Christianity in the ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island ...

Archaeologists uncover a well-preserved Byzantine monastery in Israel. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority A team from the Israel Antiquities Authority has uncovered the remains of a Byzantine-era ...

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramzan — a beacon of inter-faith harmony in a time of religious tension. For more than a decade ...