Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

There is unmistakable acrimony toward Christianity in this scholarly offering, an odd posture for a man who claims to be a ...

But there were many other "wonders" to see on the way. Christian monasticism began in the Egyptian desert: in the 4th century, St Anthony – later known as the "father of all monks" – went ...