Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus more than 1,000 km (620 miles) from the Ukrainian city of Lviv to a monastery built on a cliff on the ... soldiers only visited Greek Orthodox sites.

Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a meeting with local and disaster response officials. In an ...