The Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos and its 118 monks are in confrontation with the authorities in Greece and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the third time in the last 20 years.
Greek authorities have been trying to evict the...
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...
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'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...
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...
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...
