From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 mourners who gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis. Another photo, ...

This spring semester, Princeton will offer eight courses that largely incorporate the museum into their curriculums.

It’s the perfume I’ve been wearing since I turned twenty, and I wouldn’t want to recognise it on someone else. I don’t want ...

On November 27, 2013, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople canonized Elder Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of ...

Often called the Emerald Island, the green of the pine forests and olive trees combine with the golden beaches to shimmer in the sunlight like a sparkling crystal. Just three hours and 15 minutes from ...

The Mount Athos monastery of Saint Panteleimon, also known as the “Rossikon,” meaning the “Russian.” Credit: kremlin.ru, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 A Russian monk living in the Mount Athos ...

Believe it or not, but beside men’s toilets, gentlemen’s clubs and certain temples, there is actually an entire peninsula in northern Greece, now a semiautonomous republic of Eastern Orthodox monks, ...

A Russian monk was arrested and prosecuted for living in Greece without a permit in the last three years, allegedly at the Aghios Panteleimonas Monastery (also known as the Russian Monastery) in the ...

Mel Gibson visited Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, for a spiritual retreat. Credit: Саша Шљукић, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (left), Kim Davies, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND-2.0 (right) Hollywood ...

Mount Athos in Greece is known for being home to several age-old monasteries and religious sites. However, these century-old monasteries have been damaged in the ongoing series of earthquakes. Here’s ...

Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic territory in Greece. An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said ...