Mauro Lepori, the general abbot of the Cistercian order, frames the storm that has shaken the monastery of San Giacomo di Veglia, culminating in the escape of five nuns following the removal of ...

After days of leaks and poisons, documents on the commissary intervention of the Monastery of Saints Gervasius and Protasius have emerged, revealing the sensational background of the thorny affair.

MANILA, Philippines — Veteran actress Alicia Alonzo has found peace living as a layperson in a Pampanga monastery, marking the end of a showbiz career that began in the late 1960s.

The Monastery of Jerónimos or the Jerónimos Monastery, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Lisbon's Belém district. Exemplifying Portugal's Manueline style – a highly ornate style of ...

Situated in North Miami Beach, this monastery has a storied past. Officially known as the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, construction on the structure began in A.D. 1133 in northern Spain ...

137 493 The Fathers of the Eastern tradition call the Mother of God "the All-Holy" (Panagia), and celebrate her as "free from any stain of sin, as though fashioned by the Holy Spirit and formed as ...

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Gerald of Aurillac was an unusual man, and an even more unusual saint. As a nobleman, living during the second half of the ninth century, he held the secular responsibility of governing the region of ...

By accident, Bishop Markos says, they also stumbled upon an icon of the Virgin Mary online, holding a beehive. The icon, known as “Panagia Melissou” (Virgin Mary of the Bees or the protector of the ...

On April 30, 311 AD, the Roman Emperor Galerius issued what became known as the Edict of Serdica, which made the first formal move to legalize the Christian religion, ending nearly a decade of brutal ...