ALQOSH, Iraq (Reuters) - 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 ...

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 ...

ST. CATHERINE’S, EGYPT - (Reuters) - At St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by low electrical humming, as an early manuscript is ...

Atop one of Egypt's Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable ...

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 ...

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, ...

Here's how to hike Italy's Via di Linari, a 93-mile pilgrim path through the Apennines, exploring monasteries, mountain villages, and Emilia-Romagna cuisine.

Atop one of Egypt's Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable ...

So how does an unbeliever like me end up in a place that, according to my spiritual cohabitants for seven nights, lies closest to God? Perhaps because there must be a place for middle-aged Australian ...

The Mongolians failed to destroy it 700 years ago despite the massacre of 40 friars and 400 Christians. Yet the existence of the oldest functioning Christian monastery in the world, the fifth century ...