The 11th-century cliffside Hozoviotissa Monastery is seen under the starry night sky during a cloudy night, on the island of Amorgos, Greece, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ...

God put me here to care for them,” he told The Associated Press in Greek at Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, where he said not even a rock fell during the tremors. During that brief absence ...

I puffed up the last of 350 steep and slippery steps to Panagia Hozoviotissa. Spread out far below me was the turquoise bay of Agia Anna, where Luc Besson’s classic The Big Blue was filmed ...

For more than 50 years he has devoted his life to prayer and service within the walls of Panagia Hozoviotissa, a sanctuary that has endured for over 1000 years. Much of Europe has experienced a wave ...

In this picture with a slow shutter speed is seen the cliffside Hozoviotissa Monastery under the starry night sky on the island of Amorgos, Greece, Thursday, March 27 , 2025. (AP Photo/Petros ...

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea is illuminated by the sun in Amorgos island, Greece, on Friday, March 28, 2025.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ...