When they had sung their last note, the monks walked two at a time back down the aisle of the church. At the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Bridgeport, life revolves around prayer, the pursuit of ...

Dreaming of glimpsing the Dalai Lama and facing oppression in Tibet, a monk embarked on a dangerous journey through Nepal to ...

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

but for the most part life at the monastery is simple and predictable. The strict monotony frees the monks to devote as much time as possible to a lifetime of prayer. And selling charming little ...

Monks pray during the afternoon liturgy at the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including ...