Sheikh Majid bin Saud Al Mualla, chairman of the Umm Al Quwain Department of Tourism and Archaeology, front right, explains to Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture and Youth, during a visit of the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a significant Christian monastery dating back to roughly 1,500 years ago at a site in Israel. The remains include a remarkable colorful mosaic floor ...

Many were monastery infirmaries ... mosque and occasionally a chapel for Christian patients. Musicians were often employed to comfort and cheer patients up. They also served as medical schools ...

The pagoda is also the long-lost, earliest surviving Christian monastery in China, called Da Qin. Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the origin of Christianity, and how the religion’s past ...

While it’s true that traditional monasticism is declining in many historic Christian traditions, new monasticism—the contemporary reappropriation of monastic wisdom—is still very much alive.

It's right on the edge of Britain. The Christian monastery here was famous and we Vikings knew that it was full of beautiful things, maybe even treasure. Well, you can't blame us for wanting to ...

The Renaissance-style complex includes a large church and two cloisters, and is the first Christian monastery built after the Catholics Monarchs gained control of the city. The order of the ...