Mount Athos

Devout atmosphere, problems due to the financial crisis, as well as free of charge accommodation and nutrition, have led thousands of citizens to spend their Easter holidays on Mount Athos. In Karyes, the administrative center for the monastic republic of...

Even after centuries of mystery and discovery, Greece's Mt. Athos remains a lure and one of the most intriguing sites in the country. Its position after the liberation from the Turks was established at the London Conference of 1912....

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...

Mount Athos, or Aghion Oros, is not a common place to visit for a vacation, especially for women since they are banned under a prohibition called the avaton in Greek – in order to make the life of celibacy...

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...

The fire that broke out on Mt. Athos in Halkidiki, northern Greece on Aug. 8 raged for days despite all-night coordinated operations by firefighters on air and ground. The situation was slightly better on Aug. 11 because of milder...

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. ...

Athos Holy Mountain's cuisine has already fascinated Greeks, who buy the monks' cook books. But now, Romania will also have the opportunity to taste some recipes coming from the Greek Mountain dedicated to Virgin Mary. Monk Epifanios Mylopotaminos will be tonight's...

The embattled abbot of a monastery on Mount Athos, Greece, was released yesterday on a €300,000 bail after spending around three months behind bars. Ephrem, 55, chief monk of the Vatopedi monastery, had been remanded in connection with embezzlement, money laundering...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale occurred on Mount Athos in Chalkidiki at 05.30 on Sunday morning, 30 ​​km west of Mount Athos. It has been confirmed that no damage or injuries had been reported, while Professor...