Holy Mount Athos
Mount AthosGreece, Athos
Holy Mount Athos
Mount AthosGreece, Athos
Holy Mount Athos is geographically a peninsula in Eastern Greece, in the Chalkidiki region, which is a mountain with a height of 2033 m above sea level. Administratively - a special unit of the Hellenic Republic, a self-governing community of 20 Orthodox monasteries in the direct ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople (since 1312). For Orthodox all over the world, it is one of the main holy places, revered as the earthly Lot of the Mother of God. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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