The secret mountainous area of Europe where only men have lived for 1,000 years
This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...
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Desert Monks: The Orthodox Brotherhood of Saint Anthony in Arizona
In 1995, six Orthodox monks left Mount Athos in Greece and came to the US to start Saint Anthony Orthodox Monastery in the Arizona desert.
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Called to the Holy Mountain
This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The holy peninsula of Mount Athos reaches 31 miles out into the Aegean Sea like an appendage struggling to dislocate ...
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11 Romanian pilgrims are in a Greek hospital after eating poisonous wild mushrooms on Mount Athos
Mount Athos and its late medieval monasteries is a popular destination for pilgrims from across the Orthodox world. Women have always been banned from entering the 1,000-year-old community, a rule ...