The peninsula in northern Greece is no stranger to non-Greeks: of the 20 monasteries, one is Russian, one is Bulgarian and one is Serbian, and the presence of monks from other nations is not unusual.

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

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

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian ...

New scans have detected three distinct layers, which could relate to the Bible's mention of the ark having three decks.

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