The monastery was originally dedicated to the memory of the fourth-century ascetic Bishoi [Pshoi], but in the 1990s the church was additionally dedicated to his contemporary Bigol [Pcol]. For these ...

Dr. Avishai Teicher, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.5 In the early centuries of Christianity, ascetics took a liking to living in the caves around Jerusalem. Around 420 CE, there was a whole cluster of ...

Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its ...

This video shows Bellapais Abbey in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, a medieval monastery complex situated on a hillside overlooking the surrounding valleys and mountains. The stone structure features Gothic ...

Bethlehem-based studio AAU Anastas has designed a flat stone-vaulted extension to a 12th century monastery built by the Crusaders in Jerusalem, to house a gift shop. AAU Anastas designed the gift shop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few places capture the complex sweep of human history like Armenia. This small, mountainous nation has witnessed empires rise and ...

Pechory Town in the Pskov region is home to the famous Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery, one of Russia’s most significant and historic Orthodox monasteries. Surrounded by fortified walls and lush green ...

Palestinian architecture firm AAU Anastas, in collaboration with Laboratoire GSA ENSA Paris Malaquais, has completed the renovation and extension of a monastery shop in Jerusalem. Part of the 12th ...

RBTH has chosen the 5 most beautiful Moscow monasteries with peculiar architecture and history that are open for tourist attendance Located southwest of central Moscow, Devichye pole (Maidens’ field) ...