Published on 21/06/2026 – 7:14 GMT+2 On the island of Andros, visitors can explore five monasteries, including the oldest monastery in the Aegean Sea: the Holy Monastery of Panachrantos and Saint Panteleimon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Perched at an altitude of 600 meters on the northern slopes of Mount Gerakones, the monastery stands proudly like a fortress,…
Over 55 years ago, legendary jazz musician Pharoah Sanders recorded a spiritualist masterwork that remains a critical piece of art in 2026. “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” a collaboration with vocalist and poet Leon Thomas, is a 32-minute performance with a liturgical structure and a soaring, spiritual vision. Like St. John of the Cross’…
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW: RNS national reporter Yonat Shimron in conversation with Rachel Goldberg-Polin http://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/042926.yonat_mixdown.mp3 (RNS) — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli, became the public face for the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, largely because of his mother’s fevered efforts to win his release. Rachel Goldberg-Polin, a native…
When my father took me to play golf for my 10th birthday at some nine-hole course in the middle of an Indiana cornfield, I looked at him after the round and said, “That was the best day of my life.” Growing up in the basketball-obsessed state of Indiana, I learned early on I’d have to…
