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I know why King Charles is so drawn to the extraordinary spiritual retreat of Mount Athos
The answer lies on Mount Athos, where Elder Ephraim is a monk. The King has visited Elder Ephraim’s monastery, Vatopedi, many times. Having visited Mount Athos myself, I can confirm that it is a ...
National Geographic news3y
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 ...
The Independent29d
Ukraine’s wounded soldiers escape war at Putin’s favourite Greek mountain
In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support programme organised by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos ...
University of Dayton16d
Mount Athos and Mary
Visit the homepage for more information. The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home to twenty monasteries with ...
The Globe and Mail1mon
Greek monasteries of Mount Athos give Ukrainian soldiers space to recover and pray
In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support program organised by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos ...
Asia One1mon
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war — one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds ...
TASS8y
Putin highlights Mount Athos importance for society’s moral foundations
TASS/. Mount Athos is to a great extent a source of moral foundations of the society, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday on a visit to Mount Athos to mark the 1,000-year presence of ...
The Sun21d
The lesser-known Greek resort that’s much cheaper than the islands with swim-up pool rooms and new on-site waterpark
Away from the tourist hordes, I felt smug as I awoke each morning to views from my hotel balcony of clear blue sky, the sparkling sea and Mount Athos. The three-fingered peninsula that is ...
ジャパンタイムズ29d
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support program organized by Ukrainian authorities, the soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos ...