An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, ...
One of the most picturesque cities on the Golden Ring, Pereslavl-Zalessky offers visitors a number of historic buildings to explore. Photographs by William Brumfield The ancient path northeast of ...
Mosul, Iraq -- The abuses of authoritarian regimes across the Middle East extend far beyond the displacement and persecution of indigenous communities such as the Assyrian people. These regimes have ...
Thomas Merton, who died a little more than 30 years ago, is the most celebrated monk who ever lived and worked at the Abbey of Gethsemani, but the monastery in Kentucky’s Nelson County is hardly the ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky devised a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography. His vision of photography as a form ...
A monastery in the Himalayas makes for a common sight. But what if you stumbled upon a monastery in the plains of Bengal? That too, right by to the Hooghly River? Bhot Bagan, translating to ‘Tibetan ...
Tengboche Monastery sits atop a hill at the confluence of the Dudh Kosi and the Imja Khola rivers, with a clear view of Everest. About 350 years ago, Lama Sangwa Dorje (a high priest) of Khumbu ...
More than 150 years of history were stolen from a Northern Kentucky monastery.A burglar stole more than 125 rings and $1,800 in cash from the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery.The Villa ...
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