Daily life in the only men's monastery in Germany, dedicated to St Job of Pochaev, headed by His Eminence Archbishop Mark (Arndt) of Germany. Monk Joseph (Bandmann), an Orthodox German, reports on ...

Sister Apollonia, right, and Postulant Claudia Schwarz kneel in 2016 in front of the altar of the chapel of the abbey in Altomuenster, Germany. Associated Press files BERLIN — Take 20 liters of honey ...

ALTOMUENSTER, Germany – It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but when art historian Eva Lindqvist Sandgren entered the library in Altomuenster Abbey, off-limits to all but the German ...

MUNICH : Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany's most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within ...