I once visited one of the oldest monastic expressions in Christian history: the monastery of St. Antony in Egypt. The order there ... That’s why most of Paul’s letters in the New Testament ...

The Monastery of Saint Simon, also called Cave Church ... Overlooking a calming view of the bay of Jounieh, the St. Paul Cathedral in the village of Harissa is one of Mount Lebanon's architectural ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an ... like the Hanging Temple in China and Sumela Monastery in Turkey, virtually hover ...

Officially known as the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, construction on the structure began in A.D. 1133 in northern Spain and was completed eight years later. It was inhabited by monks for ...

Refurbishing Syriac Orthodox Monastery "This monastery is the Monastery of Saint Mark, built above the house of Saint Mark the Evangelist, which was the location of the Last Supper and the outpouring ...

The Monastery of Jerónimos or the Jerónimos Monastery ... Tourists can also stop by the Chapel of St. Jerome and the tombs, which contain notable Portuguese people in history, including a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police arrested three ... 700 block of Payne Avenue around 2 p.m., they called for everyone inside to come out. Police said everyone complied and they arrested two ...

Gunmen on Friday opened fire on two buses carrying Christians near the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor ... Christians make up around 10 percent of Egypt's 97 million predominantly Muslim ...

The Priory was founded in the 12th century as a Cistercian monastery by the Welsh prince at the time, Hywel ap Iorwerth. In the past, the site has also been a nunnery and a private residence ...

They include the abdication of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the birth of Georg Spalatin, and Saint Augustine’s ... retires to a monastery – Jan. 16, 1556 This week marks the anniversary ...

For St. Paul, a more immediate impact may be federal “Energy Futures” funding, which provided a $500,000 planning grant last year to help the city’s low-income residents weatherize their ...