Yet even here some younger priests have become mini online stars ... prompting the odd clash with the church’s staid hierarchy. Frère Paul-Adrien, a bearded Dominican monk with half a million ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is ...

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) — At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises. THESSALONIKI ...