Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

During a recent restoration in the Pantokratoros Monastery on Mount Athos, archaeologists unearthed bones under the chapel floor that were smaller than most of the other remains found at the site ...

Simonopetra, or the Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, stands on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain. The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non ...

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Serafeim has been living in Simonos Petra since 2010. On what Mount Athos means to him: “The Holy Mountain is a place, I’d say, where you truly find spiritual peace.

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain.

Serafeim has been living in Simonos Petra since 2010. On what Mount Athos means to him: “The Holy Mountain is a place, I’d say, where you truly find spiritual peace.

Father Kosmas, left, and Father Nyfmon walk in the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos ...

Serafeim has been living in Simonos Petra since 2010. On what Mount Athos means to him: “The Holy Mountain is a place, I’d say, where you truly find spiritual peace.