Mt Athos is a mountain rising about 2000 metres above sea level and it's also a peninsula jutting 50 kms into the blue Aegean Sea in north-eastern Greece. But most importantly Mt Athos is a ...

The Orthodox liturgy is completely sung, and draws on Middle Eastern influences. “The Orthodox Church is unique in modern times, having a completely sung liturgy. Everything is sung from the very ...

WILLIAMSTON - The chanting of sacred songs fills a home, interrupted occasionally by the creak of wooden floors or the trill of wind chimes on the front porch. The smell of incense in the small chapel ...

My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the ...

Located just two hours drive east of Tbilisi, Bodbe Monastery nestles between tall Cyprus trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alezani valley, where it commands incredible views of the Great ...

MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) - The Holy Dormition Monastery in the town of Zhirovichi, one of Belarus’ main spiritual centers, celebrates its 505th anniversary this year. The history of the spiritual center ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: This weekend of Easter Sunday (April 12) for Western Christians we have a profile coming up of an inspiring Christian musician. We also have a “Belief and Practice” segment on ...