A Russian Orthodox monastery’s proposal to build a small church on its campus advanced Wednesday night after Head of the ...

My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the ...

Every Memorial Day weekend, 5000 people make a pilgrimage here at the St. Tikhon's monastery near Waymart. "I live here in ...

Russia has seen an explosion in the number of Orthodox convents over the past two decades. After the 1917 revolution, all were closed. Some women continued to live as nuns in secret, but with the end ...

A unique Orthodox monastery in West Virginia blends ancient traditions with Appalachian culture, drawing converts and locals.

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