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 ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — As news filtered out of Egypt on Thursday (May 29) that a court ruling had called for nationalizing an ancient Orthodox Christian Monastery in the Sinai Desert and the eviction of its ...

Soldiers escaped the pressures of war recently by indulging in some history. They visited the ruins of a monastery at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, that resembles a castle. The Dair Mar ...

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 ...

Step into the clouds at Tawang Monastery Arunachal Pradesh, where golden roofs, ancient chants, and snow peaks meet. Explore ...