Tucked away in the northeastern part of Himachal Pradesh, Spiti Valley is a high-altitude cold desert nestled deep within the Himalayas. While its remote location may seem daunting, that very ...

St Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in Kursk, Russia - Michael Ovseychik/iStock ...

The Monastery of Jerónimos or the Jerónimos Monastery, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Lisbon's Belém district. Exemplifying Portugal's Manueline style – a highly ornate style of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Russian forces have retaken a monastery in Russia's Kursk region where Ukrainian troops had been holed up, state media reported on Tuesday. TASS news agency quoted a ...

A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy founded more than one thousand years ago, is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter of Catholicism. The Orthodox monastery is a remnant of ten monks belonging ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its ...

The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron. Credit: Dan Lundberg/CC BY-SA 2.0 Greece has many beautiful sights for you to check out while you are visiting the country. One thing you want to be sure to add ...

In this picture with a slow shutter speed is seen the cliffside Hozoviotissa Monastery under the starry night sky on the island of Amorgos, Greece, Thursday, March 27 , 2025. (AP Photo/Petros ...