The all-male autonomous community, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, is no stranger to non-Greeks.

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

Church officials reportedly misled others by stating there were “no schools in the immediate area,” even though a primary ...

The Monastery of St. Gertrude is shown in this photo taken July 27, 1924, the day the structure was dedicated. It was built ...

Converting from Catholicism to Orthodoxy on Mount Athos, Makarios is now the monastery’s librarian. He has been living in Simonos Petra for 46 years. Eliseos, the abbot, stresses his monastery ...

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