The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home ... is overflowing with holy images of the second Eve. Here are some ...

This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The holy peninsula of Mount Athos reaches 31 miles out into the Aegean Sea like an appendage struggling to dislocate ...

A young transgender man is suing an Orthodox monk from Greece's monastic community of Mount Athos (Agion Oros).

Russian Orthodox Church believers will be able to venerate common Christian relics and sacred images even after ... of Constantinople. Mount Athos, Greece, where an Orthodox community of 20 ...