Greece and Egypt have agreed to protect the status of St. Catherine's Monastery. The monastery, founded in the 6th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. An Egyptian court ruling raised ...

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land.Dating back to the ...

A history enthusiast's map study led to the discovery of a likely medieval monastery in Sweden, according to local officials. The ruins were found by using ground-penetrating radar.

Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land.

The Egyptian presidency has reaffirmed its full commitment to preserving the unique and sacred religious status of St. Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai, ensuring this status remains untouched. In ...

After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The ...

Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land.Cairo has denied ...

Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in ...

Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions. Skip to content.

If you are not able to venture outside of Chisinau the Ciuflea Monastery is quite pretty and central to the city. I decided to check it out during some free time I had to walk around the city.

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramzan — a beacon of inter-faith harmony in a time of religious tension. For more than a decade, the ...