Police in Thailand have arrested a Buddhist monk accused of stealing $3 million from his monastery and breaking his vow of ...

Monks from Namgyal Monastery will return to Ithaca College from Sept. 22 through Sept. 27 for six days of public sand-mandala construction, meditation and discussions centered on impermanence and ...

Food for monks in the middle ages consisted of what was grown within the monastery and what could be begged from nearby towns ...

CAMBRIDGE, New York (AP) — After he and his fellow monks sang morning prayers in their church nestled in a forest, Brother Luke walked back to his residence to be greeted by a different kind of choir.

The trial over alleged fraud at the Avakoum monastery continued on Wednesday, as defence lawyers challenged a former monk's claims that he was mistreated. The witness has testified that he worked ...

Chinese authorities have forbidden the admission of new monks of all ages into a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Chamdo prefecture in eastern Tibet amid growing restrictions on religious activities in ...

TALLINN, Estonia — The ancient words of the Divine Liturgy echo in Estonian as Bishop Damaskinos, clad in flowing white and gold vestments, intones prayers in a small, dark chapel separated only by ...

For the first time since 1835, the monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery in Spain — known for their Gregorian chant — have been forced to abandon the seclusion of their cells. However, this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An Orthodox ...