Europe

The authentic monastic cuisine of Mount Athos, Greece, traveled to the luminous and cosmopolitan Paris, presenting French people with the simple diet of the monks which is mainly based on the use of organic products from the mainland and...

Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and  Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, revealed that Greece is under the pressure of international organizations to lift the prohibition on entry for women to Mount Athos,...

Mt. Athos' reputation for great food has once again reached the German audience after Gourmet magazine presented a special section on Monastic Cuisine following a food and wine tasting there. Dionysos Greek restaurant in Stuttgart presented Mt. Athos as a...

During the last week of November, Mt. Athos Area Gourmet transferred the monastery cuisine and the tastes of the Athonite wines to Germany. At the Greek restaurants Toxotis in Dusseldorf and the Blau Gelb Restaurant of Frankfurt, foods from...

The Greek Holy Mountain of Athos was presented as a major tourism destination at the International Tourism Fair 'Reiseliv' in the city of Lillestrom of Norway, from the 2nd until the 4th of March. The presentation of Mt. Athos was...

Representatives of Ryanair Airlines Company and the Greek Mayor of the Mt. Athos region in Greece discussed the potential cooperation for a promotional campaign concerning the region of Mt. Athos in Greece. According to recent data, 85% of the passengers...

Doug's Patterson painting exhibition on Athos, the Holy Mountain, travels to Sofia, Bulgaria. The exhibition titled "Painting at Sacred Places, Athos-Sinai" , is organized by the Agioritiki Estia (Centre of Mount Athos) in collaboration with the Greek Institute of...

Mount Athos Center will be presenting photos by Fred Boissonas taken on his visits to Mt. Athos in 1928 and 1930, in Fondation Hellenique, Paris, from September 17th to October 30th, 2011. Fred Boissonas, was the most important photographer of...

Remains of cells once lived in by the Ukrainian Orthodox saint, Paisius Velichkovsky (also spelled, Paisii Velichkovsky), have been discovered on Greece's monastic community of Mount Athos. The recently rediscovered cell consists of a small stone monastic hut. According to...

Within the framework of the annual religious-cultural conference organized by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Mt. Athos icon of Greece depicting the New Martyrs of Greece, Pontos, Minor Asia and Cyprus was warmly welcomed by the Orthodox Church in...

Doug Patterson’s works inspired by illustrating themes from Mount Athos and St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai will be presented at the Zografeion School in Istanbul. The British artist’s works are illustrations of monastic communities.  They are inspired by the...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting Ankara, and exchanged good wishes for Easter. The Russian president referred to Bartholomew by his official title, 'Patriarch of Constantinople,' using the Christian name for...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday welcomed Pope Francis at the Ataturk International airport in Istanbul for a two-day visit. Accompanying the Ecumenical Patriarch to the airport were Elder Metropolitan John of Pergamon, Archbishop Demetrios of America and Grand Archdeacon...

Cuisine from the island of Mykonos, as well as from Halkidiki was featured at a cooking event in Utrecht, Netherlands. As a part of the Dutch Tourism Fair Vakantiebeurs the Mount Athos region presented its traditional food event held...

With wildfires raging all over Greece during the past week, neighboring countries are sending assistance, and Bulgaria said it is sending 10 firefighters and two water trucks to assist in the attempt to extinguish a long-lasting blaze around the...