The seven monks have been clearing brush from around the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and running a sprinkler system dubbed "Dharma rain," which helps keep a layer of moister around the buildings, ...

KYI BUI KHAW, Myanmar -- The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and ...

Three monks belonging to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on Tuesday at a monastery in South Africa. The attack occurred at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the ...

A university choir has revived music found hiding in plain sight in a book once used by monks at southern England's Buckland ...

Monks from the famed Gaden Shartse Monastery in India will be making a return to the Roaring Fork Valley from May 13-19 for a week of family-friendly “compassionate activities,” according to a news ...

For the first time since 1835, the monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery in Spain — known for their Gregorian chant — have been forced to abandon the seclusion of their cells. However, this ...

A group of Maronite Catholic monks is bringing a taste of their Eastern religious tradition to Castle Rock. The group, formally known as the Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, is raising $3 ...

The rash of coronavirus cases at Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas has upended life for the 19 monks living at the Irving monastery. The brothers' vows require them to eat, live, pray and even be ...

A guide to some of our favorite handmade gifts to give and receive from religious communities and monasteries.

BEIJING (AP) — An 18-year-old monk set himself on fire and died in southwestern China on Tuesday in the latest of dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans in the past 16 months, the Tibetan ...

Brother Luke, an Orthodox Christian monk, holds his 10-week-old German shepherd Pyrena on the grounds of the New Skete monastery, where he directs the dog breeding program that has provided both ...

A group of firefighting monks was ready to defend a Buddhist monastery being threatened Wednesday by a wildfire burning in the rugged central coast mountains south of Big Sur. The seven monks have ...