Greece and Egypt have agreed to protect the status of St. Catherine's Monastery. The monastery, founded in the 6th century, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. An Egyptian court ruling raised ...

Dr. James Richard Pocklington III, DDS, 87, of Fort Gratiot, died Monday, June 2, 2025. He was born March 3, 1938 in Mt. Clemens to the late Virginia and James Pocklington II. He married Suzanne G.

A history buff with a metal detector recently led archaeologists to the site of a medieval monastery – all thanks to a strange symbol spotted on an old map. Arkeologerna, an archaeological ...

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era mosaic from a Christian monastery was recently put on public display for the first time, giving a glimpse into life during ancient times. The Israeli Ministry of ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...

Pocklington Rugby in the Community has received a £1,500 donation from local housebuilder, David Wilson Homes Yorkshire East, to support the local community with social isolation. Did you know ...

A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramzan — a beacon of inter-faith harmony in a time of religious tension. For more than a decade ...

The Carmelite nuns have left their home at a Christoval monastery after 35 years. "For decades, the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace ...

Flowers sit at the gate to the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, where the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Arlington live and pray, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Supporters of the sisters placed the ...