New York Zendo Shobo-ji was quiet on a Saturday morning in late June, far removed from the muted hum and chatter that lingers ...

Archaeologists and conservators from the European Centre of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments uncovered frescoes beneath the white walls of the Church of Saint Nicholas in Mesopotamia, Albania.

At the centre of the apse stands the object of worship in the form of a chaitya or stupa, also hewn out of the rock. The monasteries consist of an astylar hall meant for congregation, and range of ...