The state’s top official wrote in a letter that the monk had “encouraged great fantacism about himself.” Tristan Abeyta, 11, lights a candle at the hermit’s cave during his fourth annual ...

Archaeologists are conducting research on an 11th–17th-century rock monastery in the village of Oksanivka, Vinnytsia region, ...

Hermitage meditation caves dot the cliff walls all around the monastery complex and up and ... trumpets played in relay to accompany the monk dancers in their ritual. These ceremonies were shared ...

According to popular belief, Guru Padmasambhava meditated in the caves around Rizong ... lodges or homestays near Rizong monastery. Monks at times allow tourists to stay overnight at the monastery.

Early Philadelphia streets were named after trees, later branching out to include historical figures, civil rights activists and certain places. Some streets even leaned into religion. At least that ...

The numbers of monks at Westminster varied through the centuries from about 30 to 60, although only 24 were left when Henry VIII dissolved the monastery in 1540. But the community also included many ...

This journey is less about reaching a destination and more about the moments in between—chanting with monks, catching your ...

According to popular belief, Guru Padmasambhava meditated in the caves around Rizong ... lodges or homestays near Rizong monastery. Monks at times allow tourists to stay overnight at the monastery.