Greek officials say a group of 11 Romanian pilgrims visiting Greece’s Orthodox monastic community of Mount Athos are in hospital with food poisoning after eating wild mushrooms during a hike ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece — A group of 11 Romanian pilgrims visiting Greece's Orthodox all-male monastic community of Mount Athos are in hospital with food poisoning after eating wild mushrooms ...
It wasn’t until the 13th century that the monastery as we know it today was founded by Orthodox monks during a period when the last Christian kingdom ruled the region. It continued to flourish ...
The Kyivan Rus Orthodox faithful constructed a number of holy places of key historical significance, such as the Monastery of Pechersk Lavra and the Cathedral of Saint Sophia. Prince Volodymyr was ...