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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.
Feb 15, 2019 · Mount Athos, known also as the Holy Mountain, is a mountain located in Greece. The site is a semi-autonomous republic of Eastern Orthodox monks and is considered to be one of the holiest places of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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. Regarded as one of the most important monastic sites in the Byzantine Empire, there were at one time 46 monasteries on the mountain, which attracted monks from all over Europe and beyond.
Mount Athos ( Greek: Όρος Άθως) a mountain in Macedonia, northern Greece, also called in Greek Άγιον Όρος ( Ayion Oros or Agion Oros) "Holy Mountain." Its area is 130 square miles (336 square km). Mount Athos is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a semi-autonomous, self-governing monastic state within Greece.
Mount Athos (Άγιο Όρος Ayio Oros, classically Ἅγιον Ὄρος Agion Oros) is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece and a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Understand [ edit] Mount Athos. This 390-km² peninsula houses some 2,000 monks in 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, and 400 other men who work in the monasteries.
The Holy Mountain is a monumental complex of an outstanding universal value, listed in the Unesco World Heritage List (WHL 454) since: a) It constitutes a unique artistic creation that combines the physical environment of the location with the expanded forms of architectural creation.
By exploiting up-to-date information and communication technology tools, the Digital Pilgrimages open a digital window through which users may virtually tour and interactively discover and unfold the history of the Monasteries of Mount Athos in time and space.
