Greece is known for its beautiful summers, but the country is equally stunning in the winter months -- you just need to know ...

Roussanou Nunnery, dedicated to Saint Barbara, is one of the most distinctive monasteries of Meteora. Built atop a steep rock, between Kastraki and the other monasteries, it impresses not only with ...

Religious tourism continues to thrive in Greece, serving as a vital part of the country’s cultural and economic fabric. A new study by Emeritus Professor Serafeim Polyzos of the University of Thessaly ...

ATHENS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, one of the world's oldest sites of Christian ...

Meteora means ‘suspended in the air’ in Greek. This site is one of the largest and most important Greek Orthodox monastic complexes. It is located in the north-western edge of the Plain of Thessaly in ...

Meteora is a complex of imposing dark rocks, rising over the settlements of Kalampaka and the picturesque Kastraki village, on the plain of Thessaly, Greece. There are approximately 900 multi-pitch ...

Soar over the breathtaking Meteora in Greece with this stunning drone footage. Discover the majestic rock pillars crowned by ancient monasteries, nestled in a dramatic natural landscape that blends ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. A magnitude ...

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. A magnitude ...