Mount Athos is home to twenty monasteries where only monks are allowed to live and only males are allowed to visit, women are ...

They are men—exclusively. According to rigidly enforced custom, women have been forbidden to visit Mount Athos since its earliest days—a position born out of weakness rather than spite.

Jesus complied and since then all other women have been banned. If you’re a man you can apply for a four-day visit. Contact the Mount Athos Office in Thessaloniki by phone or mail. Allow several ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook Mount Athos in northeastern Greece late on Saturday afternoon, generating concerns.