DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of ...

SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island ...

Monastery of Anthony the Great gets face lift thanks to the Egyptian government. CAIRO, Feb. 10, 2010 — -- Near Egypt's Red Sea coast, nestled at the foot of Al Qalzam Mountain and dotted by palm ...

Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according ...