A Russian Orthodox monastery's plan to build a church on its Saint James campus advanced after Head of the Harbor’s planning board approved the site plan. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension on ...

Calistoga is known for its secular pleasures — the pampering spas and highly regarded restaurants. But only a few minutes’ walk from Calistoga’s commercial hub sits Holy Assumption Monastery, home to ...

Owners of a Russian Orthodox monastery are suing Head of the Harbor, alleging the village has delayed their effort to build a small church, court filings show. The Monastery of the Glorious Ascension ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — . The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non-Greeks: of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence of monks from ...

MOSCOW (AP) — A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus’ existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin’s lockdown orders has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains.

On 18 September, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) searched the Sviato-Vvedenskyi Monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in the Pecherskyi district of the ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has come under heavy criticism on the Internet this week over a 2014 wall calendar published by a revered monastery’s printing house that features portraits of Soviet ...

The flames, which are suspected to have been set off by a short circuit, were put out and no casualties were reported MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. The fire that broke out at the bell tower of the ...

NIAGARA FALLS -- A religious leader looking to help establish a Russian Orthodox monastery hopes one day to stir souls in the heart of the city.