MY flight hadn’t even taken off before one of the country’s residents, a passenger in the neighbouring seat, asked why in the ...

The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their lives to silent prayer inside Florence’s Santo Spirito monastery, are preparing to go into battle over ...

At a news conference with her Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel, in Chisinau, Sandu argued that the EU is not just about economy and development, but also peace “first and foremost.” ...

After more than a century, the Poor Clares, an order of Roman Catholic nuns, have moved out of their historic monastery in the 700 block of Henry Clay Avenue near Audubon Park, leaving vacant an ...

Back in the capital, none is more bizarre than the Chisinau State Circus building (circ-chisinau.md). Now reopened for acrobatic shows back in the capital, it looks from the outside like an old ...

Founded in 1106 in the west of Georgia, the Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength and economic growth between the 11th and 13th ...

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the ...

BANGKOK, March 28. /TASS/. Five children and a Buddhist monk were killed after a monastery in Taungoo collapsed following a powerful earthquake in Myanmar, Eleven Myanmar reported. Central Myanmar ...

Archaeologists uncover a well-preserved Byzantine monastery in Israel. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority A team from the Israel Antiquities Authority has uncovered the remains of a Byzantine-era ...

CHISINAU. March 10 (Interfax) - A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will assess the implementation of the EFF/ECF programs by Moldovan authorities, which are supported by the Fund, in ...

We are pleased to welcome you to the official web site of the Council of Europe Office in Chisinau. We hope this homepage will serve as a gateway to information about the Council of Europe, its ...

The Hôpital-Général de Québec monastery, located at the intersection of the Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur neighbourhoods in the city of Québec, is a large convent complex dating back to the 17 th ...