Monastery of Anthony the Great gets face lift thanks to the Egyptian government. CAIRO, Feb. 10, 2010 — -- Near Egypt's Red Sea coast, nestled at the foot of Al Qalzam Mountain and dotted by palm ...

A so-called all-male "holy mountain" in northern Greece has hosted Christian monasteries for nearly 2,000 years, with women strictly prohibited. But one woman may have somehow found a home there — at ...

For our series World of Worship, we sent correspondents around the globe to show us how different people celebrate their faith and honor religious traditions. In our first report, we head to the ...

Nestled in a steep rocky hillside among the remote mountains of northern Iraq, the Rabban Hormizd Monastery has watched invaders come and go through Christianity's tumultuous history in this corner of ...

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but ...

Cradled in the lap of the eastern Himalayas, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh feels like a world untouched by time. Snow-draped peaks kiss the clouds, colorful prayer flags flutter in the mountain breeze, ...

On Mount Sinai in the Saint Catherine valley, hotels are under construction as part of Egypt's new tourism megaproject — Bahira AMIN Atop one of Egypt's Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic ...