My writer friend Paul Kingsnorth tips me off to a marvelous project in rural Ireland: the establishment of an Orthodox women’s monastery by some Romanian nuns. The Orthodox Monastery of the ...

The Orthodox liturgy is completely sung, and draws on Middle Eastern influences. “The Orthodox Church is unique in modern times, having a completely sung liturgy. Everything is sung from the very ...

Located just two hours drive east of Tbilisi, Bodbe Monastery nestles between tall Cyprus trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alezani valley, where it commands incredible views of the Great ...

Nearly 1,000 years ago, when Kyiv was the capital of a kingdom known as Kyivan Rus ruled by Prince Yaroslav the Wise, several Orthodox Christian monks were granted permission to build a church on a ...