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The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks in Greece who hold the status of an autonomous region with its own sovereignty within Greece and the European Union, as well as the combined rights of a decentralized administration, a region and a municipality, with a territory encompassing the distal part of the ...
Mount Athos ( / ˈæθɒs /; Greek: Ἄθως [ˈa.θos]) is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.
May 15, 2024 · Mount Athos, mountain in northern Greece, site of a semiautonomous republic of Greek Orthodox monks inhabiting 20 monasteries and dependencies (skítes), some of which are larger than the parent monasteries. It occupies the easternmost of the three promontories of the Chalcidice (Khalkidhikí)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mount Athos has an enormous wealth of historic, artistic and cultural elements preserved by a monastic community that has existed for the last twelve centuries and constitutes a living record of human activities.
Apr 18, 2018 · Mount Athos, located on the Chalkidike peninsula near Thessalonica, Greece, is a holy site which first saw hermit monks living there in the 9th century CE.
- Mark Cartwright
Mount Athos. The Monastic Community of Mount Athos ( Hagion Oros) is geographically defined by the boundaries of the Athos peninsula, the easternmost leg of the larger Chalkidiki peninsula, being a self-governing community within the Greek territory.
Mount Athos - Home. Digital Pilgrimages. Browse the Digital Pilgrimages of five Monasteries and discover their history through the narratives and audiovisual content. St. Maximus the Greek. Discover St. Maximus' life and pastoral work through a digital book. Browse. Video Library. Discover Mount Athos through the video gallery Discover.
