My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the ...

A monastery has been founded on the 4-acre grounds of St. Michael's Orthodox Christian Church on Romanian Avenue. Parishioners, who have been considering the idea for about a year, formally voted on ...

Icons have been a part of the Russian Orthodox faith for thousands of years as a physical expression of worship. They’ve been displayed at churches, carried into battle and each iron has been publicly ...

The first Russian Orthodox monastic community in Uzbekistan has been established by five monks, three of whom took their vows locally. The five monks, the youngest in his 20s and the oldest in his 80s ...

Tashkent (AsiaNews/UCAN) Five monks have established the first Orthodox monastic community for men in Uzbekistan. The monastery is located in Chirchik, about 30 km north-east of the capital Tashkent.

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian ...

KARYES, Greece (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a Russian Orthodox monastery Saturday as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Greece, which is looking for more Russian investment and ...