In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.

the Carmelite sisters have carried out a contemplative life of prayer and work at Our Lady of Grace Monastery, a peaceful, secluded property tucked away in the Schleicher County desert," Bishop ...

The Buddhist monastery of Tabo is located in the barren Himalayan mountain desert valley of Spiti, formerly part of Western Tibet, now, Northern India. Founded in the year 996, it is the oldest ...