Mount Athos, Greece, where an Orthodox community of 20 monasteries is located, is one of the most revered places in Orthodox culture and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A special permit is ...

TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Monastery of St. Panteleimon, or Rossikon, on Mount Athos is not planning to close its mission in Moscow, Hierodeacon Filosof, the monastery’s deputy father superior ...

an Elder of the Greek Orthodox Church? The answer lies on Mount Athos, where Elder Ephraim is a monk. The King has visited Elder Ephraim’s monastery, Vatopedi, many times. Having visited Mount ...

For the past thousand years or so, a community of Eastern Orthodox ... foot on Mount Athos, and blessed its pagan inhabitants, who then converted). He forms an intense bond with his monastery's ...

Visit the homepage for more information. The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home to twenty monasteries with ...

In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support program organised by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (Reuters ... The Ukrainian soldiers only visited Greek Orthodox sites. To reach the imposing cliffside monasteries, the soldiers drove the winding lanes of the peninsula ...

the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos, a spiritual centre since the 10th century. The Russian Orthodox Church has long ties with Athos and in 2016 ...

In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support programme organised by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos ...