The monks living at the remote 15th century Romanian Orthodox monastery, a pilgrimage site that sits in a valley covered in dense forest, have opened its doors to people like Svetlana who have ...

PLOPII-SLAVITESTI, Romania -- To her fans gathered at a medieval monastery in Romania's rural south, Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca is "the mother of the nation." Wearing a traditional folk costume ...

DRAGANESTI-VLASCA, Romania, July 24 (Reuters) - Iulia Coleasa, an 81-year-old who relies on her small plot for food, travelled 15 km in searing heat to a monastery in southern Romania on Sunday to ...

The food was reportedly donated by the Floresti monastery. In July, Romania grappled with a nationwide scandal after a media investigation revealed that hundreds of elderly people were being ...

There's more to Romania than Bucharest! A land of contrasts, where medieval towns surround the majestic Carpathian mountains, ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra ... from European countries where Orthodoxy is the predominant religion, such as Romania, Serbia, Russia, Moldova, Cyprus and Greece. But there are others from ...