The buildings were used for a variety of purposes, from mealtimes to “industrial activities” that kept the site running.

From candle sconces and limewashed walls to stained glass and rustic wood, you don’t have to be religious to adopt the ...

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I. However ...

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece. Also known as Simonopetra or Simon’s Rock, the Christian ...

The Life of Saint Sava is the fundamental hagiographic narrative about the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the spiritual founder of Serbian statehood.

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within monastery ...

Norway’s only male contemplative community of the Cistercian Trappist order consecrated its new church in December, inaugurating a brand-new monastery in the Trondheim Fjord, an inlet of the Norwegian ...

Monastic life looks peaceful from the outside. In reality, monks lived on rigid schedules, heavy meals, and constant prayer.

The Archdiocese of Seoul announced that it has received authorization from the Vatican, or “nihil obstat,” to initiate the beatification cause of the priest who pioneered monastic life in Korea.

In the damp green hills of Brittany stands Abbaye de Boquen, a small 12th century monastery, where cloistered Cistercian monks have prayed and tilled the soil in silent serenity for centuries. In ...