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, called avaton (Άβατον) in Greek. In a press release he issued on the occasion of the [...]
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Mt. Athos Monk Food In Stuttgart
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 holiday destination, featuring activities there as well as other attractions that make it a World [...]
Bulgarian Firefighters Sent to Help Greece Fight Wildfires
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 Mt. Athos area where Orthodox monks live. The Bulgarian St. Georgi Zograf monastery is also located [...]
EU’s Greek Orthodox Head Says Church is Unfairly Accused of Tax Scandals
The Greek state keeps collecting taxes from crisis-hit citizens while wealthy Greek ship-owning families as well the Greek Orthodox Church are exempt from taxation, reports Nikolaj Nielsen for the EU Observer. The Greek Orthodox Church remains the country’s largest property owner. However, real-estate scandals have created a public outcry against the Church and have urged Greek [...]
Mount Athos Icons Exhibition to be Hosted at Austrian Maria Loreto Convent
Icons from Mount Athos have travelled to Austria, within the grand exhibition to be hosted at the Covent of Maria Loreto, in the federal county of Burgenwald, east from Vienna, from December 3rd to December18th. The exhibition will open its gates to the public on Saturday, December 3, and everyone willing to join a religious [...]
State Historical Museum of Moscow Hosts Mount Athos Photo Exhibit
The new exhibition hall of the State Historical Museum in Moscow hosts an exhibition of 240 photographs from Mount Athos taken from the archive of the Simonapetra Monastery. In cooperation with the Greek Monastery, the Russian Geographical Society and the Narodnoye Predpriyatie Foundation have organized this exhibition presenting to the Russian public photos depicting the [...]
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