Mount Athos

Abbot Efraim of Vatopedi finally arrived in Athens under police guard on Tuesday afternoon, after deciding to surrender himself to the authorities. A large number of the Abbot's supporters and faithful have gathered outside the Αthens Court of Appeal holding...

According to a representative of the Mount Athos, Abbot Efraim of Vatopedi is suffering from an infection, which has caused him a high fever and destabilization of his blood sugar levels. The Abbot remains in a cell at the Monastery...

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...

Mount Athos Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi has been summoned to appear before state magistrate in order to give evidence concerning the land swaps between the monastery and the state. The date is set for 29 November, in which Abbot Ephraim will...

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...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday sent a message of solidarity and unity in order to overcome the ongoing economic crisis in Greece, speaking during a liturgy in the monastic community of Mount Athos, and in the presence of Prime...

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...