A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman.

Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox "monastic republic" and a surviving fragment of the Byzantine Empire -- a fully functioning mini-state with roads, settlements and a capital city, all operating ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known in Greek as Agion Oros, … ...

Women and others unable to visit Mount Athos can view the monasteries from the sea on tour boats out of Ouranopolis. Visiting the monasteries Mount Athos Pilgrims' Bureau, 109 Egnatia St., GR ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — . The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non-Greeks: of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence of monks ...

The Details. Visiting Mount Athos. Non-Orthodox foreigners must apply (two to four weeks in advance) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of Churches, 2 Zalokosta Street, Athens, Greece ...

Women, however, are not allowed on Mt. Athos, and so while I did not travel there for 60 Minutes, I nevertheless felt bound to the experience through the shared rituals I watched in the footage.

Mount Athos is one of the Orthodox Church's most sacred religious sites. The coronavirus has spread like wildfire and a drive is on to vaccinate the some 1,600 monks in the closed community on ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community… ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years.. The all-male autonomous community, known in Greek as Agion Oros ...