The main Cuxa Cloister is more elaborate than its medieval archetype but follows the same four-square layout. Enclosed and hidden gardens have always appealed to me as spaces sheltered from the stormy ...

Discover the story of Westminster Abbey’s Benedictine monastery, from the arrival of the first twelve monks in 960 AD to its dramatic dissolution under Henry VIII in 1540. On this 90-minute journey ...

I'm sitting in my living room, peering down through a virtual reality headset into a dirt pit in Khor Virap where legend says St. Gregory the Illuminator was held for 15 years before curing his captor ...

The Tatev Monastery is just one of five UNESCO-listed religious sites worth visiting in Armenia, the world’s first Christian nation. Eric Martin/Figarophoto, Redux Since Armenia’s adoption of ...

READING, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Reading, excavations at the site of a monastery in southeastern England have uncovered another 20 intact Anglo-Saxon burials.