EAGLE HARBOR — His day begins in the dead of night, in solitude and darkness. Father Basil is the first monk out of bed at the monastery, usually by 3 in the morning, so early the only ones awake are ...

It was 1am and we had spent 30 minutes trying various combinations of the code we had received that morning, but the lock-box, and access to the ‘spacious top-floor apartment’ remained closed. We were ...

Court documents and interviews have revealed more about recruits from Moldova who were trained by Russian instructors at camps in Bosnia and Serbia to foment unrest, scout embassies and use ...

Egypt began to transition to Christianity shortly after the turn of the first century C.E., and by the fifth century, it was a hub of Coptic art and culture. A Coptic monastery discovered at the ...

The monks of La Trappe Abbey in Normandy may leave their monastery in 2028, the abbey announced — a move that could bring to an end 900 years of Cistercian monastic presence in Soligny-la-Trappe, ...

Moldova may be the least visited country in Europe, but it has the largest wine cellar in the world, and a history that stretches back for millennia. Because of its incredible past, it has been home ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For nearly 70 years, people from around the world visited St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass, a place many called “a sanctuary,” “a sacred valley” and ...

Before first light hit the eastern flank of Mount Sopris — before the sun could warm the mesas and forests that slope toward Capitol Creek, or bake the sprawling ranches and fields on the valley floor ...

Moldova plans to return to state ownership the aviation fuel terminal run by Russian company Lukoil at Chisinau International Airport. The decision comes in response to US and UK sanctions on Russia.

Thirteen miles down an unmarked dirt road quietly sits the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, along the Chama River in Northern New Mexico. The monastery is home to 15 monks, some livestock, and a ...

A former monastery tucked into the mountains outside Aspen has quietly set a price record, as Palantir Technologies co-founder and chief executive Alex Karp paid about $120 million for the vast ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s most expensive real estate listing has been purchased by the CEO of Colorado’s most valuable public company. Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of ...