This week, we uncover the secrets of a 400-year-old Portuguese palace that has been abandoned for over four decades, frozen in time. From the outside, it appeared stunning, reminiscent of other grand ...

Murals from the 12th and 16th centuries are visible in Paphos’ oldest monastery, Panayia Chrysolakournas, Steni community ...

The monastery, dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin, was founded in the 6th century A.D. and in spite of its great wealth and fame, it was abandoned. It was reconstructed at the end of the 11th ...

Athos, where he was given the name Sava. He traveled to a Russian monastery, and then to the Greek monastery Vatoped. In 1197, his father, King Stefan Nemanja, joined him. The next year, Sava and his ...

Built” is a small book, but it means a lot to me. I’ve actually read it twice — once when the library bought it ...

Father Grigorios, a Greek-Orthodox monk lived 38 years of his life in a monastery-fortress on the remote Ionian island of Strofades. Public Domain This is the story of Father Grigorios, a ...

The earliest parts are of black and white stone, hence its Turkish name Kara Kilise, the Black Church. A fortified wall surrounds the church and its now-abandoned monastery buildings. According to ...

Humane Fort Wayne/Facebook A cat in Indiana is looking for a "loving home" after being abandoned by his former owner in a backpack outside a local animal shelter's former location. On Thursday ...

He added that the monastery operated with monks from the 10th century until July 10, 1821, when it was abandoned after the hanging of Abbot Silvestros and its looting by the Turks. He noted that ...

Or maybe a business had a shop that didn't do well and then no one took over the location after they left. All around Minnesota we have different abandoned spots, some more well-known than others. All ...

♥️ #weareyourcityshelter," they added. RACC shared the information alongside two photos of the dumped dog; one shows the canine along and abandoned by the side of the road in the dark ...