Monastery
Athos is the easternmost of the three promontories of the Chalkidiki peninsula, on which the autonomous monastic state of Athos, also called Agion Oros - the Holy Mountain, is located. This mysterious and inaccessible place is considered the most important centre of the Orthodox Church in the world. Over 2,000 monks live here permanently in twenty monasteries, making Athos the place with the second highest concentration of monks in the world…
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