A violent clash at a monastic sanctuary on Greece's Mount Athos has left an Orthodox Christian monk in hospital, reigniting a decades-old religious dispute. The monk, transferred from the isolated ...

BERLIN (AP) — In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden. Rötzel’s Monk Garden is home ...

JERUSALEM – Each October, monks and nuns gather olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden – where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent his last night before being taken into Jerusalem ...

Germany Monk Garden The sun shines on plants in Martin Roetzel's 'The Monk Garden' in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fanny Brodersen) (Copyright ...