A new Buddhist monastery has been built in Machey Gaon, Assam, led by Jaha Singpho. The consecration ceremony will take place on May 3-4, attracting devotees and dignitaries. Gold Today Rate ...

Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times Share A defrocked priest from the suburbs says the future Pope Leo XIV signed off on his move in 2000 to a Hyde Park monastery near a Catholic school after the priest ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...

Women are banned from entering the area. At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises.

One of China’s biggest aluminum companies is threatening to disrupt the serenity of a cluster of islands that are a top holiday destination for Singapore visitors, sparking protests. A battle is ...

Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern ...

Jeremy Renner almost died on New Year’s Day 2023 after being crushed by a snow plow near his Nevada home. He wasn’t too happy when he was revived. During a recently posted appearance on ...

Veteran actress Alicia Alonzo has opened up about her decision to retreat from the spotlight and embrace a spiritual life in a monastery in Pampanga. Alonzo recently sat down for an interview with ...