The monks built the farm on clay-filled soil, turning it into fertile farmland. But the parcel of land the monks owned faced an uncertain fate after the. monastery ... space is a living museum.

According to a source, by the year 808, the number of monks in the monastery had been reduced to thirty, and Christian life in the Sinai area had vanished. The Ashtiname of Muhammad granting ...

For over 20 years, Ven Ajahn Siripanyo has been living as a forest monk. He also serves as the abbot of Dtao Dum Monastery, which is near Thailand and Myanmar's border. But even though Ven Ajahn ...

Olson also wrote that it is important for Catholics to remember that the “women” who live at the Arlington monastery are no longer nuns because they were dismissed from religious life.

The Vatican has issued a declaration stating that the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity ... 28, a month after the nuns were dismissed from religious life because they are in “schism” with ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Vatican said in a statement Monday it considers the Monastery of the Most Holy ... from their Catholic order and religious life. “First, the women who continue to ...

Malin Fezehai for The New York Times Surprisingly, we found Tigrayans still living in Ab’ala. The town, at the base of the Ethiopian Highlands, is vulnerable below the mountains that loom over ...

CAMBRIDGE, New York — After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir.