In 1992, Makarov founded ITERA Oil and Gas Company ... Sanctifier Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, Order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and Honorary Reward "Akinfy Nikitich Demidov." ...

Vekselberg founded the company Komvek in 1988 after the Gorbachev administration relaxed restrictions on private business. He co-founded Renova Group with college classmates Leonard Blavatnik and ...

The history of Malmesbury Abbey is a long one and there are many tales to tell of the celebrated monastery. Founded by the Benedictines in 676, part of the abbey still survives today, over ...

Waverley Abbey was the very first monastery founded in Britain by the reforming Cistercian religious order. Today, only bits remain, with the lay brother’s quarters being the most impressive ...

The Sentebale charity co-founded by Prince Harry has been caught up in a dispute The Duke of Sussex says he hopes the Charity Commission will "unveil the truth" as the watchdog announced an ...

Thomas also founded St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Jamie Farr, also known as Jameel Joseph Farah, was born and raised in Toledo. Like Thomas, he is also an actor ...

The importance of St. Louis when looking at the history of American agriculture cannot be overstated. With railroads just beginning to be important in the late 1850s, the riverboat traffic dominated ...

The Monastery of the Incarnation of León closes its doors after 361 years of contemplative life. On the day of the Incarnation of the Lord, the community of Augustinian Recollect Nuns in Leon ...

His appointment casts light on the thriving seminary, its educational offerings, and the beloved Benedictine monastery, founded in 1882, that serves as its spiritual and cultural hub in the ...

Dircks says the Irish came to Geneva in 1856 and founded St. Timothy's Catholic Church. The first church was built in 1866, in what was Geneva and when the settlement moved Maple Lake ...

Easter in particular is marked by special rituals and processions. At Bachkovo Monastery, founded in the 11th century in the Rhodope Mountains, monks and pilgrims carry an icon to the mountains.

HANOI: A new monastery for Discalced Carmelite nuns has been established in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, marking the growth of contemplative life in hard times. On June 7, Bishop Aloisius Nguyen Hung ...