Mount Athos Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
mountain in northeastern Greece
About Mount Athos
This 390-km² peninsula houses some 2,000 monks in 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries, and 400 other men who work in the monasteries. An autonomous state under Greek sovereignty, entry into the area is strictly controlled and only male residents are allowed to live there andonly male visitors are allowed. Agio Oros(Holy Mountain) is a self-governed part of the Greek state, politically subject to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople as regards its religious aspect. The mountain is dedicated to the Holy Mother of God, and by an imperial document (typicon) theavatonwas established and no female may set foot on the peninsula. Most of its inhabitants are Orthodox monks living in monasteries,sketae(small villages of cells), cells (individual homes), a
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