Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

Away from the Georgian heart Tbilisi may have earned its title as the Georgian city of legends and romance, but it's a new year, and as we slowly pace to the second half of the decade-we ought to know ...

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Those who venture here will find a fascinating combination of heritage, architecture ... Geghard Monastery and the nearby Garni Temple, a rare pagan site and symbol of Armenia’s pre-Christian ...

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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 ...

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As a boy in fourth class in Cork’s North Monastery school in the 1960s, a teacher posed a question to Theo Dorgan. The poet tells Helen O’Callaghan how that question helped set him on course to be a ...

Göreme Open-Air Museum is a cluster of rock-cut churches and monasteries with well ... historical site and experience some early Christian art and architecture. Not to be missed for an ...

I keep coming back to the Monastery of the Flagellation, where Father Alliata always welcomes me and my questions with bemused patience. As a professor of Christian archaeology and director of the ...