Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern ...

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A single minor injury was reported when a panicked visitor fell and injured their hand while fleeing outdoors. Alkiviadis ...

A 5.3-magnitude undersea earthquake struck near Mount Athos, Greece’s historic Orthodox monastic enclave. No immediate damage ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Chief Adviser to His Majesty for Religious and Cultural Affairs and Personal Envoy, on Tuesday visited the Our Lady of the Mountain Monastery and the Children’s Home (Mary ...

An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, ...

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including ...

But it is in one monastery — Simonos Petra — that the greatest range of nationalities reside. Abbot of Simonos Petra since 2000, Eliseos has been living in the monastery since 1973. On Mount Athos: ...