MOSCOW—At the top of the bell tower of Danilov Monastery, fruit flies buzz around the dark metal bells and a cool breeze sweeps off the nearby Moscow river. The 11 bells hang in heavy silence, far ...

The Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Northern New Mexico, is home to 15 Benedictine monks, some livestock, and a ...

Since ancient times, the chime of bells resounding from monasteries tucked in remote mountain communities or major urban settings have been an acoustic symbol of their existence. As much as calling ...

JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world, roared back to life on Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in ...

GLENWOOD — June Kasparek works the graveyard shift and wakes every morning to the loud clanging of bells. The nurse goes to bed at 6 a.m. after working a 12-hour shift at Florida Hospital DeLand. The ...

A set of antique bells given to Harvard University in 1930 is creating a bigger din than officials want to hear. The bells once belonged to Moscow’s Saint Danilov Monastery, thought to be the oldest ...