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

The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island - For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has welcomed the ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...