Earthquakes damage centuries-old monasteries in a secluded religious community in Greece
Thessaloniki, Greece AP Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck the Mount Athos peninsula on 7th June, followed by a series of both undersea and land-based tremors that continued through Friday. Monks carry baskets of supplies to the […]
Greek monk hospitalised after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute
Thessaloniki, Greece AP An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalised following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said on Friday. The incident is tied to a decades-old religious dispute. Hospital officials said the monk is being treated in Thessaloniki for cuts and bruises to his face and upper body, after being […]
“Simon’s Rock”: Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, visits the monks of the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra – or Simon’s Rock, on Greece’s Mount Athos peninsula…
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
Mount Athos, Greece Reuters The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war – one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds from a three-year conflict that has ravaged their homeland. The men, 22 in all, had taken a bus more than 1,000 kilometres […]
Wow!: Experts believe study of 700-year-old handwriting unveils leading Byzantine painter’s true identity
COSTAS KANTOURIS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, of Associated Press, report on how modern crime-solving techniques may have revealed the true identity of a renowned Byzantine painter who has played a key role in the development of Orthodox religious art…
Postcards: Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule
COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, reports from Mount Athos in Greece…
Significant Sights: Splendid Byzantine churches head Thessaloniki’s holy sites
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, explores Greece’s second largest city…
Greece’s Mount Athos elders trust God and science to protect them from COVID
Mount Athos, Greece Reuters In the chapel of a monastery on Greece’s Mount Athos, Father Makarios read the Gospel while conducting a liturgy as he waited for his anti-coronavirus vaccination. He knows when to separate religion from science, he says. Father Makarios, 70, who was ill from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last summer, leads the […]