The Greek Foreign Minister visits his counterpart in Cairo to express his discontent over the ruling that grants Egypt the rights to the lands of this monastery, run by the Orthodox Church. A ...

Father Isaiah, 50: Chinese, born in Vietnam. Isaiah has been living in Simonos Petra since 2006, arriving there from an affiliated monastery in France as part of a spiritual quest.

Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973. Sign up for Best Bets, your go-to planner for things to do on LI.

"Living In Hell": Monks Clear Rubble From Quake-Hit Myanmar Monastery Mandalay has suffered some of the worst damage from the recent earthquake, flattening buildings and upending the lives of many ...

Like ‘living in hell’: Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubble. Myanmar still coming to grips with the scale of damage caused by deadly quake ...

Serafeim has been living in Simonos Petra since 2010. On what Mount Athos means to him: “The Holy Mountain is a place, I’d say, where you truly find spiritual peace.

Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of ...

Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973. On Mount Athos: “Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no borders.

Here is a look at four of Simonos Petra’s monks, and how they view Mount Athos: Archimandrite Eliseos, 74: Greek. Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery ...

Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The autonomous community, known in Greek as Agion Oros, ...

Father Isaiah, 50: Chinese, born in Vietnam Isaiah has been living in Simonos Petra since 2006, arriving there from an affiliated monastery in France as part of a spiritual quest.