Greek Reporter

1,600-Year-Old Monastery in Egypt Reveals Rare Greek Inscription

Archaeologists uncover a 4th–6th century Egyptian monastery in Wadi El-Natrun, revealing early Christian life and a rare ...
Greek Reporter

1,600-Year-Old Monastic Structure Unearthed at Key Coptic Site in Egypt

Archaeologists uncover a 5th-century monastic complex in Egypt, offering new insights into early Coptic architecture, art, ...
National Catholic Register

Pray Like a Monk: ‘Monasticamp’ Prompts College Students to Pray and Ponder

While for many students at the University of St. Thomas (UST) in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent warm September Saturday meant a break from classes, college seminarian Sean Czaplewski and 35 other ...
Rolling Out

Monks’ secret longevity herbs that extend life by decades

For over a thousand years, monks living in remote monasteries have consistently outlived their contemporaries by decades, and their secret wasn’t just prayer and meditation. Hidden within monastery ...
National Catholic Register

14 Centuries of Faith: How Benedictine Monks Are Reviving Their Ancient Abbey

SAINT-WANDRILLE, France — The son of a noble family from the Verdun region of France in the seventh century, Wandrille held a prestigious position at the court of his kinsman, King Dagobert I. However ...
ZAWYA

Egypt uncovers fifth-century monastic guesthouse in Beheira

The building, unearthed within the Al-Ruba’iyat area, is believed to reflect early developments in monastic architecture and communal religious life in Egypt ...

Monastic Academy Launches ‘Mobile Monastery’ National Tour: Bringing Mindfulness and Modern Monasticism to America

Modern trainees from the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE) are touring the U.S., offering ...
National Catholic Reporter

You've heard of Thomas Merton. Many other Trappist monks also lived remarkable lives.

In the late 1960s, a young NCR reporter named Colman McCarthy saw the emerging decline of American Trappist monasteries and offered a diagnosis: The monastic life is not active enough. Looking back ...