Egyptian archaeologists recently unearthed the remnants of a Christian monastic site from the 5th century, some 400 years after the time of Jesus Christ. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

An ancient monastery dating to the dawn of Christianity was recently uncovered in an Egyptian desert, according to local officials. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced in late ...

An ancient monastery dating to the dawn of Christianity was recently uncovered in an Egyptian desert, according to local officials. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced in late ...

Origen did not invent the idea that one must pursue purity of heart in order to understand the deeper spiritual meanings of Scripture. But his teaching ministry at Alexandria in the early third ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known in ...

Of course, the monastic life presupposes belief in God, or a particular idea of God, which is a large part of why it has become so unpopular. But it is worth remembering that many non-Christian ...