Old world Christianity has found a place in the Poconos. St. John the Beloved Monastery Patmos opened in Canadensis on Oct. 15, 2012. It took over the Hillside Lodge, bringing faith to the area for ...

WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. In the early centuries, they built drawbridges and windowless towers ...

During the Coptic era, Egypt knew the arts, architecture, and other cultural manifestations characteristic of that stage, which came influenced by the Pharaonic civilization and continued with the ...

CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been ...

When Mothers Antonia and Veronica first stepped out in their head-to-toe black religious habits on the streets of Woodend, people would stop and stare. With only their faces and hands exposed it was ...

The monasteries of Saint George and Saint Pisentius in Naqada in Qena governorate have been inaugurated following their restoration In the heart of the Egyptian province of Qena lies a hidden gem, a ...

Nestled in the rolling hills of the eastern Moors, only a 20-minute drive from Scarborough, lies St Athanasius’ Monastery, home – astonishingly – to nine Egyptian monks. Father Yostos (right) and ...

WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. In the early centuries, they built drawbridges and windowless towers ...