The Milindapañha recounts the Socratic-like dialogue of an Indo-Greek king, Menander, and his conversion. Could it be true?

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a seaside cliff that’s little changed since its founding more ...

Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested in November for allegedly disrespecting the Bangladeshi national flag during a rally in ...

Benedictine abbey and monastery in North Yorkshire - offered an insight into whether his fellow monks follow football ...

Dozens of monks were seen riding an escalator at an airport for their annual pilgrimage. More than 100 Thai clerics were ...

Senior monk in scandal as photos show him with a woman. Disciplinary actions are underway in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

Starting well before dawn in a tiny, dark chapel, the Orthodox Christian monk prays to the icon of the Virgin Mary that gives its name to the whitewashed complex perched between sky and sea ...

But a few Orthodox Christian monks remain icons of local life — so much so that when the recent weekslong swarm of near-constant earthquakes caught Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately known, away ...

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

Pope Francis, 88, was remembered for fostering solidarity among Catholics, people of other faiths including Jews and Muslims, ...