Mount Athos is home to twenty monasteries where only monks are allowed to live and only males are allowed to visit, women are banned.
A rare Byzantine manuscript discovered in a Greek monastery has unveiled hidden historical gems, offering new insights into ...
Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...
Traveling along the Tea Horse Road unlocks a land of teahouses, centuries-old monasteries, and epic valley views.
As the island of Patmos continues to evolve, one local designer considers just how much of the past to incorporate into her ...
There is something perfectly unclassifiable about the Austrian writer Karl-Markus Gauß’s new book In the Forest of Metropoles ...
From Asia to Europe, Africa, US and Canada, a food writer toured the kitchens of Buddhist and Catholic monasteries, a ...
MALVERN − During Lent, St. Francis Xavier Church at 125 S. Carroll St. will host fried and baked fish dinners and spaghetti dinners from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 14 and 21; March 7, 14, 21 and 28; and ...
Charming hamlets such as S aint Pierre de Chartreuse are starting points for sunny summer hikes to refreshing waterfalls and ...
One of the fun parts of cooking is experimenting and finding new takes on classic dishes to give the new life, and French ...
Europe's royal palaces are not only architectural wonders but play an important role in the culture and history of their ...
In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who ...