Editor’s Note: EWTN News In Depth correspondent Colm Flynn recently traveled to Bobbio, Italy, to share some amazing facts about an Irish saint. Below is an adapted transcribed report, printed with ...
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This Portuguese monastery is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in Europe
Manueline stained glass windows, sculpted cloisters, unfinished chapels... This enormous Dominican monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the most fascinating sites in central Portugal. A ...
Sisters and brothers often sought to isolate themselves until they reached the end of the world. Saint Gregory of Tatev in Armenia hides at the top of an inaccessible mountain. It is animated by a ...
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Europe's most powerful queen unearthed after 700 years: Remains of Queen Elisenda found in Barcelona
The skeletal remains of one of Europe's most powerful rulers have been unearthed at a 14th century monastery in Spain. Queen Elisenda of Montcada was an imposing figure due to her impressive lineage, ...
COLLEPARDO, Italy — Inside the stone walls of the Trisulti monastery, for more than eight centuries, monks have lived in quiet seclusion, praying, reading and concocting medicinal remedies with herbs ...
The Kosovo government has strongly criticised a European cultural heritage organisation, Europa Nostra, for insisting that a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery is an endangered site. This post is ...
The 16th-century monastery is one of the three most sacred sites in Ukraine for Orthodox believers. By Andrew E. Kramer KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting has damaged a 16th-century monastery and cave complex ...
The monastery’s Serbian Orthodox abbot says he is subject to “rabid nationalism” from all sides. His biggest headache: a land dispute with ethnic Albanians, whom he protected during the war in the ...
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