The cave remained a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years. It wasn’t until the 13th century that the monastery as we know ...

Situated on the left-side upland plateau of Debed Canyon in the Lori province, Odzun is one of the largest villages in ...

Samtskhe-Javakheti was a key winemaking region in Georgia until invading Ottoman Turks destroyed the region's ancient, terraced vineyards in the 16th century. Now, locals are trying to restore ...

The village has been the location for many Buddhist monasteries. Remnants of a cave monastery and two walls dedicated to Rinchen Zangpo found in Lingshed. According to folk tales, there were more ...

The story presented below is about Archimandrite Nathaniel (Pospelov, 1920–2002), a long-time monk of the history-steeped Pskov-Caves Monastery, in the town of Pechory, Pskov Province. Archimandrite ...

All the rooms in the monastery were either carved out of the mountain or existing caves made into rooms. All the walls and the roof are made of rocks. Hence, the locals call the monastery Takthok ...