Here is a look at four of Simonos Petra’s monks, and how they view Mount Athos: Archimandrite Eliseos, 74: Greek. Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery ...

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.

Archimandrite Eliseos, 74: Greek; Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973. On Mount Athos: “Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no borders.

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The autonomous community, known in Greek as Agion Oros, ...

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.

But it is in one monastery — Simonos Petra — that the greatest range of nationalities reside. Here is a look at four of Simonos Petra’s monks, and how they view Mount Athos: ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community ...