Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world ...

Others, like the Hanging Temple in China and Sumela Monastery in Turkey ... traditions of Europe and the Near East, these ten isolated monasteries are among the world’s most gravity-defying ...

Here's a glimpse of five such monasteries where the journey is as fulfilling as the destination. Tawang Monastery is located ...

Father Basil is the first monk out of bed at the monastery, usually by 3 in the morning, so early the only ones awake are him and God and the wolves outside. The 68-year-old prays and meditates ...

One of the most isolated monastery in Zanskar region in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir, the 12th century Phuktal Gompa stands at the mouth of lateral gorge of the Lungnak or Lingti-Tsarap River.

Kept under lock and key in a bright-blue circular hut at the centre of the isolated monastery, the Garima Gospels are one of the Christian world's oldest and most exquisite treasures. Until ...

In past millennia, construction of a church could take centuries. Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame — currently in the final stages of being rebuilt after the tragic fire that nearly destroyed it ...

From the day in 793 when Viking warriors descended on an isolated monastery in the north of England, the Norsemen became an object of fascination and terror for ...