Emily Knutsson ruminates on the nature of jealousy and academic competition Disclaimer: I do not enjoy writing about myself.

Bordering the 288 freeway as it crosses over the James River there is a Benedictine Abbey. In it live 15 men who have vowed their entire lives to a way of life called monastic. These men follow an ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

The World Heritage Committee has removed three African heritage sites -- in Madagascar, Egypt and Libya -- from UNESCO's list of endangered sites, acknowledging successful efforts to mitigate threats ...

I remember a time when neighborhoods sounded remarkably human. Infants wailed and toddlers shrieked. Parents, bleary-eyed and jittery with caffeine, barked orders like half-deranged lieutenants trying ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known ...

As the sun sinks towards the serrated horizon of the distant Pindus Mountains, the assembled congregation grows quiet. There are perhaps 40 people gathered here, each occupying their own smooth ...

THE ELLWOOD CITY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY will learn about the history of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration when ...

Hindu monastics Brahmacharini Durga and Sudarshan Sundar discussed their personal paths into Hindu monasticism at a Harvard Divinity School event Monday, highlighting the spiritually transformative ...

Lessons on intentional living from the modern monastic movement. The most tasteful invitation to contemplative prayer I have ever experienced was in a garden next to a charming British mansion. Along ...