Mount Athos

Monks on Mt. Athos fighting an eviction order have come to a truce with authorities for the meantime, officials said, although it was reported that the order will again attempt to be executed soon although the last time deputies...

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...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first stop in Greece will be Mount Athos, then the island of Apocalypse, Patmos and finally the Byzantine city of Peloponnese, Mystras. Patmos has already started the preparations to welcome him in Mid-August. He decided to...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is going to visit the Aegean on the yacht of an entrepreneur friend. Although it is difficult to tell Putin’s plans for sure, it seems that after Mount Athos, which he visits every year, the...

The International Conference, The Holy Mount Athos – the Unique Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of Humanity, dedicated to the Orthodox spiritual center, the Holy Mount in Greece, took place on June 23-25 in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade. The conference, which was...

One of the most important relics of Mount Athos besides the icon of Axion Esti, is the Virgin Mary Portaitissa (meaning in Greek "Keeper of the Gate") or the Iveron Theotokos as it is also known. Its history has...

The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril, arrived at Mount Athos on June 4, where he is making an official three-day visit. The Russian Patriarch and his entourage were welcomed at the port of Daphne by the Civil Governor...

The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, presented the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Kirill the Grand Cross of Merit, during the latter’s visit to the Presidential Mansion in central Athens, Greece. Kirill I of Moscow was accompanied by Archbishop...

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,...

The wine served to official guests in Moscow Kremlin, Russia, who are usually leaders of foreign states, is made in the vineyards of Mount Athos. Its name is Kormilitsa and bears the title of Kremlin’s Official Wine. The Russian...