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A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mount Athos, on the Athos peninsula in the northeastern Greece area at 18:11 local time on Saturday, February 15. According to the initial assessment by the Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter was located 8 kilometers northwest of Karyes, the administrative capital of the Monastic community, with a focal depth estimated at 5 […]

According to Reuters, during their 4-day stay, the soldiers visited and worshipped at 12 monasteries

Smaller aftershocks followed in the same region, measuring 2.4, 1.8, 3.1, and 1.6 on the Richter scale.

A lengthy statement said the draft bill was not only a violation of the Gospels but in contrivance with the norms of Greek society, calling it “a great crime.”

Medieval Orthodox monastic rites and traditions on Mount Athos will soon acquire yet another trapping more associated with the 20th century: a modern supermarket. The semi-autonomous monastic community located on a northern Greece promontory first emerged more than a millennia ago, yet only recently did the prospect of opening a supermarket appear. The new store […]