Greetings from a Syrian church, infused with a mix of sweet fruit and diverse faiths

Syria's Mar Musa monastery provides the tastiest mulberries, and its services draw from Eastern Orthodox Christian and Sufi ...
Mena FN

Monastery of St Paul: Unique religious heritage site in Egypt's Eastern Desert

(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) The Monastery of St Paul the Anchorite, also known as the Monastery of the Tigers, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery dating back to the 4th Century CE located in Egypt's ...
The Hindu

Rila Monastery, a symbol of resilience of the human spirit

As we drove along the narrow, mountainous road to Rila Monastery, my co-passenger mused, “I suppose the gods all over the world choose to manifest in mountains, caves, or places away from humanity.” ...
Case Western Reserve University

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCHES. There are many parallels between the beliefs of the Eastern Orthodox church and those of the Roman Catholic church, but there are also fundamental differences. Some of the ...

I walked Kyiv’s historic monastery this spring. Last night, I watched it burn

In March, I walked the sprawling grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage ...