Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...

The King has sought support from a Greek Orthodox monk in the wake of his cancer diagnosis. The monarch is said to have turned to Archimandrite Ephraim for spiritual advice after the health scare, ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The abbot of a Mount Athos monastery said Sunday its more than 120 Greek monks face food and medicine shortages because of the stance of the Orthodox Church, which ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece. Also known as Simonopetra or Simon’s Rock, the Christian ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s been said that a picture is worth 1,000 words, but to a local Greek Orthodox community, a newly installed mosaic means much more. Father Athanasios, born Demetrios ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to a ...

Monks are preparing for a major raid on Mount Athos, the Greek mountain considered a sacred site for Eastern Orthodox Christians, after Greek police sent a letter on July 16 asking for increased ...

Agreement comes after Athens expressed concern about plans by Egypt to develop a tourism project around the site, where, by ...