Times: 2-3.30am, 4-5am, 6-6.30am, 8-9.15am, 11.45am-12.00pm, 2.45-3pm, 6-7.15pm, 7.45-8pm Mass and the worship of God formed the heart of a monk's life. Communal prayers averaged about five hours ...

This prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios, flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he became a ...

Mike Liggins/BBC Dr Helen Geake believes the seal matrix was owned by a monk as it depicts a "private, little prayer" Dr Geake said another "unusual" aspect of the find is that it appears to be ...

"I fight with both of them - the prayer and the bullet," said Father Gebremariam Aderaw. The monk, whose name means "servant of Mary", signed up to join the Ethiopian military, weeks after Prime ...