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Pope vows every effort to work for peace in regions where Christians persecuted, forced to flee
Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...
AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.
AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on long tradition of monastic life at medieval cliffside monastery
The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.
Mount Athos monastery home to diverse Orthodox community
Father Simon tolls the bell to summon monks and visitors to afternoon prayers at the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, in northern Greece, Monday, April 14, 2025.