For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...

Lake Bled: A picturesque lake town with views to take in and charming restaurants. Vintgar Gorge: This gorge is located at ...

Michalis Giannakos left Amorgos after high school 20 years ago, but remembers visiting the monastery as a child and seeing ...

Zarina Zabrisky speaks exclusively to Ukrainian officers from the 'Elves' unit about how Putin's agents waged a decades-long hybrid war against their country ...

Holy men such as the abbot Antonius (later St. Anthony) retreated into the desert, where living as hermits in grottoes, they established Christianity’s first monasteries. From a.d. 380 ...

After his ordination, the young priest was sent as a missionary to a parish in Russia before returning to Ukraine, where he was appointed superior of the St. Joseph Redemptorist Monastery in Ivano ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

Bulgarians prepare for Orthodox Easter with ancient traditions Preparations for Orthodox Easter are underway at the Bachkovo Monastery in southern Bulgaria, the second largest and one of the oldest in ...

Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ...