The Camaldolese had been granted by the Vatican a dispensation to engage with what is true and holy in every religious ...

The island of Ikaria. Delphi. Athens. Meteora, a rock formation in Thessaly, northwestern Greece … They all gave me wonderful ...

Monasteries like Hosios Loukas, Prodromos, Mega Spileo, Agios Dimitrios Avgou, and the Holy Monastery of the Philosopher are ...

Just a hop from the mainland yet still full of traditional charm, the serene Sporades should be your next Greek getaway ...

Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s ...

Whether it’s Thailand’s golden sands or the rugged shores of Ireland, islands have provided the backdrops for some of ...

Greece, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, traces its history back to at least 7000 BCE, when Neolithic settlements ...

Postcard-ready villages bestriding volcanic peaks, blue-dome churches, and a millennia-old caldera backed by azure seas: ...