Excavation in Israel revealed a Byzantine monastery and farmhouse, highlighting the spiritual and practical lives of desert monks.

An excavation report from the Israel Antiquities Authority reveals the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-period monastery and farmhouse at Naḥal Peḥar, within the modern settlement of ...

Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

A drone view shows conservation work at a winepress that was discovered, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), at the site of a large monastery from the Byzantine period ...

“We uncovered two wings of a Byzantine monastery, the western part, which included several rooms and a courtyard, and the eastern wing, where the Church stood,” IAA excavation director Zubair ...

The site where the nun was discovered lies about three kilometers north-west of the Old City of Jerusalem, and was identified as a Byzantine monastery that operated between the 5th and 7th ...

For sweeping views of the ocean and prime photo ops, travelers recommend visiting the Paleokastritsa Monastery. Located on a remote cliff peninsula in the village of Paleokastritsa, the Byzantine ...

The monasteries house one of the most extensive collections of Byzantine manuscripts and religious relics in the world, including sacred icons, liturgical vestments, and centuries-old religious texts.

The main church of the Gelati Monastery is the only Medieval monument in the larger historic region of Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus that still has well-preserved mosaic decoration, comparable ...