Celibaat

Priests, theologians and bishops are increasingly confessing that the majority of clergy no longer keep celibacy. They condemn the institution of the...

The oldest Quebecois Benedictine convent open its gates to a documentary filmmaker for the first time. Observed up close, life behind its walls is...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

Abbess Maria leads the only Orthodox women's monastery in Germany. Together with 13 sisters of international origin, she tries to escape the mundane...

50 years ago Jørgen Lauersen Vig bought Hesbjerg Castle, situated in the Danish country side, with the purpose of turning it into a monastery....

For the first time, cloistered sisters agree to be filmed for one year in all aspects of their lives. The nuns of Berthierville, the only Francophone...

Daily life in a Benedictine monastery follows resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of...

Against the backdrop of historical events, from the time of Kyivan Rus' until the arrival of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Ukraine, the...

A hush rests upon the monastery, stirred by echoes that drift through its halls. Chants, prayers, and gentle whispers compose the soundscape of the...

Having grown up surrounded by my mother and her friends, I wonder about celibacy, loneliness, and the place of friendship among single women. Through...

A young Englishman walked into a church and, in an instant, decided to convert to Orthodoxy. A Ukrainian man grew up in a place where religion was...