Amorgos, the easternmost Greek island of Cyclades, is boasting marvelous beaches with azure waters and ideal spots for diving ...

In a remote monastery masked warriors resurrect a Vajrayana epic, where every arrow’s strike is a prayer, and a skeptic finds ...

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

Fall from these structures, as monks often did during their perilous, devotion-proving construction, and you’d have many ...

The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island - For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has welcomed the ...

Keri Caves, on the island’s southern fringe, are a quieter alternative to the Blue Caves, and kayaks can reach otherwise inaccessible rock fissures and beaches. Adventure Zone offers tours in ...

In the early 2000s, scholars identified remains of a 17th-century cave church, suggesting that the site once functioned as a fortified monastery. This remarkable monument of religious and defensive ...

A beautiful location best suited for offbeat travelers, housing the Khampagar Monastery, established under the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. The village offers picturesque scenery of the mountain ...