Father Cassianos fixed me with an impish stare as he gave me his answer. “It has been so many years that I cannot remember.” ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — 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 ...

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 Pilgrims' Bureau, 109 Egnatia St., GR-54635 Thessaloniki, Greece, 011-30-2310-252578. Gives entry permits for Mount Athos, which admits about 120 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox visitors ...

As much of Mount Athos confirms for me, it can be harder than we think to leave the world. To get to Mount Athos, I flew into Thessaloniki via Istanbul, where I made a quick stop at the Hagia Sophia.

Standoff on Mount Athos Greek Monks Defy Patriarch in a Battle for the Soul of Orthodoxy February 15, 2003 More than 22 years ago By Bill Broadway ...

In Mt. Athos, Byzantine Empire lingersThe Details Visiting Mount Athos Non-Orthodox foreigners must apply (two to four weeks in advance) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of Churches ...