10 days in the monasteries of MOUNT ATHOS
First of all I have to inform you that the Mount Athos is forbidden for women and female animals! Only men are allowed to get in with much difficulty after applying to the religious authorities in Athens or Thessalonica. They only issue ten permissions da... more
A pilgrimage to the monasteries of Mount Athos...
Mount Athos, known as the Holy Mountain, is a peninsula in Halkidiki, north Greece containing 20 monasteries. The region is governed by the Holy community under the ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Only men are permitted to enter Mount Athos. The r... more