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A fire on Mount Athos may engulf the oldest monastery

08/07/2023 - 11:53

Greek firefighters are trying to put out the fire that broke out on Mount Athos in the wooded area of the wider area of the Great Lavra (Megistis Lavra) monastery. This monastery is the oldest and first in the hierarchy among the monasteries of Mount Athos, and the Greek official in charge of that monastic community, Aristos Kasmiroglu, told the website Vima orthodoxias that the fire...

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Greece: First visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mount Athos after a break of 11 years

28/12/2022 - 07:36

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Dendias, will visit Mount Athos today and tomorrow, the first visit by the head of Greek diplomacy after an 11-year break. The Greek MFA announced that Dendias will attend an extraordinary session of the Holy Community, will visit the administration of Mount Athos and two of the monasteries, while...

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Monks from Mount Athos on the first official visit to the Bigorski Monastery

22/05/2022 - 12:49

Following the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to recognize the canonical status of the Ohrid Archbishopric, monks from Mount Athos are paying their first official visit to the Bigorski Monastery. In Bigorski are the Abbot of the Holy Mountain Holy Family Esfigmen, His Eminence, Archimandrite Mr. Bartholomew, together with the brothers monks from his monastery and accompanied by the Venerable Archimandrite Mr. Nikanor from…

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The RPC fears that Greece will forcibly expel the Russian monks from Mount Athos

16/05/2022 - 17:45

The Russian Orthodox Church fears that Russian monks could be forcibly expelled from Mount Athos, Dmitry Safonov, secretary of interfaith relations at the Moscow Patriarchate's foreign affairs department, said ahead of a visit by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. - Patriarch Bartholomew's visit to Mount Athos is scheduled for the end of May and probably…

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At least 40 monks on Mount Athos have died from covid-19

20/01/2022 - 16:45

At least 40 monks on Mount Athos have died from covid-19. Out of a total of 1800 monks, about 1000 fell ill and only 500 were vaccinated, the Greek daily Ta Nea reported, MIA reports from Athens. The abbot of one of the monasteries, Archimandrite Bartholomew, told the newspaper that it was estimated that more than 40 monks had died from covid-19, of which…

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A fire on Mount Athos may engulf the oldest monastery

Greece: First visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mount Athos after a break of 11 years

Monks from Mount Athos on the first official visit to the Bigorski Monastery

The RPC fears that Greece will forcibly expel the Russian monks from Mount Athos

At least 40 monks on Mount Athos have died from covid-19

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A fire on Mount Athos may engulf the oldest monastery

Greece: First visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mount Athos after a break of 11 years

Monks from Mount Athos on the first official visit to the Bigorski Monastery

The RPC fears that Greece will forcibly expel the Russian monks from Mount Athos

At least 40 monks on Mount Athos have died from covid-19

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