Lessons on intentional living from the modern monastic movement. The most tasteful invitation to contemplative prayer I have ever experienced was in a garden next to a charming British mansion. Along ...

Monasticism can also seem strange and confusing. In books, museums, and historical buildings, we often come across terms like ‘Benedictine’ and ‘Cistercian’, or ‘Dominican’ and ‘Jesuit’, without ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known in ...

Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, has announced a new collaboration with EWTN and Exodus 90 to produce “The Desert Fathers in a Year,” a podcast series launching Jan. 1, 2025, that aims to ...

In Washington last week, Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington solemnly carried out one of the rarer ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church: the formal blessing of a new abbot. He gave his ...

Monastics from diverse religious traditions the world over face similar opportunities, challenges and frustrations. Shortly before his death in 1968, Thomas Merton met the young Tenzin Gyatso, the ...

Departments/Programs: Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies, Near Eastern Judaic Studies, Religious Studies Program Title: Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian ...

The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...

The podcast’s launch coincides with the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, which Bishop Varden sees as particularly significant. Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, of the Catholic Territorial ...