For the hermit monks of Karoulia, the most remote area of Mount Athos, climbing dangerous rocks and prayer are a part of ...

The hermit for which it was named was an Italian-born monk, Giovanni Maria de Agostini. For three years in the 1860s, Agostini lived high up on the mountain, foraging for food and getting water ...

The buildings were set up along an axis of symmetry: the central place was taken by the church, around which other monastic buildings were arranged, including a row of tiny hermit houses for the monks ...

Ken Smith has spent most of his life alone in the wilderness. For years, he was a “homeless nomad,” wandering through Alaska, ...

Elena Yazzie, Donovan Holmes and Nathaniel TwoBears during the rehearsals of the play, The Nut, The Hermit, The Crow, and The Monk The play, The Nut, The Hermit, The Crow, and The Monk ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--It’s easy to work up an appetite getting to Dewa Sanzan Jinja, seeing as the shrine stands at the head of a 2,446-step stone stairway on the summit of Mount ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Playwright and filmmaker Rhiana Yazzie, an ...