The Europe of Abercrombie’s story is in upheaval. The mad sorceress Eudoxia, Empress of Troy, has died, leaving the Serpent ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

But a few Orthodox Christian monks remain icons of local life — so much so that when the recent weekslong swarm of near-constant earthquakes caught Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately ...

Tragically, his mother passed away just moments after he was born, leaving him orphaned. He was taken in by Orthodox monks at Mount Athos, one of the most isolated and sacred places in the world. Here ...

BEIJING (AP) — A bridge in Beijing’s northeastern Shunyi district collapsed Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in its structure, according to authorities and images circulating on social ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday brought to an end a chapter of the papacy that emphasized focusing on marginalized people and prominent issues, such as LGBTQ+ rights and climate change.

On 30 March, Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church lost a towering figure ... In 1962, he joined monastic life, was ordained a priest, and served in Sudan from 1967 to 1971.

(OPINION) A few days ago, I found a breathtaking photo essay by The Associated Press about Father Spyridon Denaxas, an Orthodox monk who since 1971 has prayed and ministered at the gleaming white ...

Now, thanks to government rebuilding, it is home to more than 40 monks. Somewhat incongruously, given its Soviet past, Solovkii’s monastery was showing an exhibition of icons revering the Russian ...