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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world — as long as they’re men
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.
Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece
Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...
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Russian Orthodox Church Begins Training ‘Military Clergy’
Russia’s Orthodox Church has launched theological programs in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Rostov-on-Don aimed at training ...
AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on long tradition of monastic life at medieval cliffside monastery
The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian Orthodox community ... of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence ...
AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or ...
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AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
Also known as Simonopetra or Simon's Rock, the Christian Orthodox monastery transcends ... is no stranger to foreigners. Of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian ...