Esphigmenou Monastery
Greece
AEK Fans Unfold Banner in Support of Esphigmenou Monastery's Convicted Monks
A group of about 20 AEK fans unfurled a banner on the staircase above the Monument to the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma square on Wednesday, in support of the monks living inside Esphigmenou Monastery in Mt. Athos, after a...
Greece
Greek Monks Refuse to be Persecuted
According to the abbot of Esphigmenou monastery located in Mount Athos, more than 120 Greek monks are suffering food and medicine shortages due to the stance of the Orthodox Church, which considers them apostates and wants to force them...
Greece
Esphigmenou Monastery Abbot Passes Away
Greece's religious world is grieving for the death of the Abbot of the new brotherhood of the Monastery Esfigmenou, Archimandrite Chrysostomos .
His death was immediately announced via the social networks, while many people have already expressed their desire to...
Greece
Mt. Athos Monks Battle Police Over Eviction
Angry monks at the Esphigmenou Monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece, refusing to obey an eviction order, tossed Molotov Cocktails and rocks at bailiffs attempting to serve them on July 29, chasing them off...
Greece
Mount Athos Monks Won't Move Out for EU
According to information, there has been unrest in Mount Athos since the night of July 17, as police forces with two patrol cars are outside the Esphigmenou Monastery.
The tension began after the evacuation of the Holy Monastery that was...