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The Greek Orthodox Monastery Thriving in Catholic Italy
A Greek Orthodox monastery in Italy, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome in the epicenter ...
In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island ...
PHOTO ESSAY: In a Greek island monastery, a monk has kept together faith and community for 50 years
AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, ...
Daily Express1mon
The secret mountainous area of Europe where only men have lived for 1,000 years
Europe is home to several autonomous regions ... Nestled on a rugged peninsula in northern Greece, Mount Athos has been a center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism for over a millennium.
UNESCO22d
Gelati Monastery
The Gelati monastery ... Orthodox monasteries, distinguished for its harmony with its natural setting and a well thought-out overall planning concept. The main church of the Gelati Monastery is the ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs22d
Centuries-old graffiti documents Bulgarian pilgrimage to Jerusalem
A photographic survey revealed dozens of Bulgarian inscriptions in Greek Orthodox monasteries across Jerusalem ... us to reconstruct the history of Eastern Christianity in Ottoman-period Jerusalem ...
Newsday7d
In 50-plus years at a cliffside Greek island monastery, one monk keeps faith and community together
Greece has rapidly secularized alongside the rest of Europe ... Settled back at his whitewashed monastery perched between sky and sea, the monk was elated. Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon ...