A Vietnamese man who became a social media sensation as he walked around the country promoting the virtues of an ascetic way ...

A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

Radio Free Asia provides independent, uncensored, and accurate news in media environments vulnerable to authoritarian disinformation. A Vietnamese man who became a social media sensation as he walked ...

who lived as an ascetic on an island in the Ligurian Sea. Both in the West and in the East, the early monks and nuns drew inspiration from the lives of the “Desert Fathers”: the men and women ...

The two are ascetic monks, one eternally punished by the inquisition, the other free to contemplate the truth of the universe. In Elden Ring, we come across a strange, silent figure called Goldmask.

Saint John the Much-Suffering pursued asceticism at the Kiev Caves Lavra, accepting many sorrows for the sake of virginity. The ascetic recalled that from the time of his youth he had suffered much, ...

His prayer was strong and effective—this can be seen in the following example of the great ascetic's life. St. John had a disciple, Monk Moses. One day St. John sent his disciple to spread soil on the ...