One of Europe’s most fascinating but undiscovered countries, landlocked Armenia has a distinct culture and deep ... celebrated for its unique red-tiled roof, and the Geghard Monastery, a UNESCO World ...

With its glorious mountains, idyllic villages and spectacular ancient monasteries, Armenia is a place of rare beauty. But ...

On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. A concrete trapezoid banner encasing a bell tower looms ...

(KGUN) — A historic Midtown building has a new future on its horizon. The pink Benedictine Monastery at 800 N. Country Club Road was once home to a covenant of nuns before transforming into a ...

These extraordinary ruins were once the monastery of Bardzrakash St Grigor, a site that, as ever in Armenia, marries ancient Christianity with impenetrable mystery. Its origins are associated with ...

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Others, like the Hanging Temple in China and Sumela Monastery in Turkey, virtually hover in midair, carefully balanced on the faces of steep, rocky cliffs. From the Buddhist traditions of Asia to ...

“We are financially quite stable, but monks are at the heart of a monastery – they are what gives a monastery meaning and without them it loses its meaning,” he says. The Cistercians voted ...

High above the sapphire waters of Armenia’s Lake Sevan stand the stone remains of Sevanavank Monastery. The monastery was founded here in 874, at the site of one of the country’s first ...

Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in Armenia has been named among the 14 most endangered sites in Europa. The 14 monuments and heritage sites in Europe shortlisted for this year’s edition of the 7 ...

Among those was Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in Tavush. Hidden within the forests of the Tavush region in northern Armenia, the Arakelots Monastery and Settlement is a gem of medieval heritage.