Ukrainian police and government officials have entered the catacombs of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, one of the most significant ...

Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

They were building a shelter in a cave when falling rocks revealed a chisel hanging farther up the cliffside. Taking it as a sign, they spent the next decades constructing the monastery more than ...

They were building a shelter in a cave when falling rocks revealed a chisel hanging farther up the cliffside. Taking it as a sign, they spent the next decades constructing the monastery more than ...

Outside the capital, mountain regions like Svaneti feature medieval defensive towers, while the cave monastery complex of Vardzia showcases 12th-century religious artistry carved directly into ...

Formerly serving as a monastery, the grottoes are composed of 22 caves dating back to the fifth century and containing Buddhist murals and inscriptions in multiple languages, including Chinese and ...

Upon entering the cave and witnessing terrifying visions ... “They typically spent 15 days in a monastery on a larger island; and when they were judged ready and sufficiently prepared, they ...