An excavation report from the Israel Antiquities Authority reveals the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-period monastery and farmhouse at Naḥal Peḥar, within the modern settlement of ...

“The monastery was well-preserved ... This discovery adds another chapter to the understanding of Christian desert monasticism, a movement that spread throughout the Middle East during the ...

In an effort to be closer to God, he chose to isolate himself for more than 40 years in a primordial landscape that is now the location for St. Anthony's Monastery. At the summit, surrounded by ...

Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century ... In Wadi El Natrun, we visited the monastery of Deir al-Suryani, founded two centuries later, and gazed into the "startled ...

Rumtek Monastery, also known as Dharma Chakra Centre ... The wide panorama of the chilly desert below is stunning. Its spiritual atmosphere, high-altitude location, and ageless architecture ...