November 20, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Monks’ Republic known imply as Mount Athos has welcomed a new investment move with the operation of a supermarket, a hotel with spa and restaurant in its capital Karyes. The new hotel, named “Samaradiko”, was the former cell of Agios Nikolaos, which belongs to the Holy Monastery of Megisti …
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August 6, 2024
Greece, Politics
Retired chief of Greek Army General Staff and former National Defense Minister, Alkiviadis Stefanis, has been appointed the governor of the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday. Stefanis replaces Ambassador (ret), Anastasios Mitsialis, who resigned his post.
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February 13, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
King Charles III contacted an elder in the so-called Monks’ Republic, the Mount Athos, “after he was diagnosed with cancer,” Elder Ephraim told media on Tuesday. Speaking to ANT1 TV, the abbot of Vatopedi monastery Elder Ephraim revealed also that King Charles visited Vatopedi eight times and since then they …
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September 18, 2023
Very Mix
A 35-year-old Romanian monk on Monday was charged with causing grievous bodily harm after beating up a fellow monk on Sunday night at the Serbian Orthodox Hilandar Monastery, part of the all-male monastic community Mount Athos in northern Greece. The suspect hit the 52-year-old Belarusian monk with his hands, feet …
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June 2, 2023
Greece, Politics
New Democracy leader and former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been infected with Covid-19 and cancelled a visit to the monks Republic on Mt Athos. It is the second time, Mitsotakis is infected with Covid-19. The first time it was in March 2022 when he was test-positive after a meeting …
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May 4, 2023
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
A rare Greek icon named “Axion Esti” from the monks community of Mt. Athos was flown to Athens on Wednesday for pilgrimage at the Cathedral in the Greek capital. The icon, which rarely leaves Mt Athos, was welcomed with honors accorded a head of state. Ιt was reportedly Archbiship Hieronymos …
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December 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias suffered an incident of low blood-pressure, while he was attending the liturgy in a church of Mount Athos. Dendias was standing in the Holy Monastery of Xenophon short after 7 o’ clock Thursday morning when he felt dizzy and fainted thus falling to the floor and …
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November 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Prosecutors in northern Greece investigate a family of anti-vaxxers but also monks on Mouth Athos opposing vaccinations. Authorities intervened after a father of six told media that he does not send his children to school due to the Covid-tests obligation and the masks. On Mt Athos, it was the abbot …
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October 16, 2021
Very Mix
A search and rescue operation in underway on Mount Athos after two pilgrims went missing since Friday night. According to preliminary information by local media, the two men are members of a group of nine Ukrainian pilgrim who decided to climb to a mountain in the monks’ republic despite bad …
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December 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A 76-year-old monk died of Covid-19 complications and authorities placed six monasteries on Mount Athos under quarantine following an outbreak of the disease. “The situation is under control. A total of six Monasteries are currently in quarantine, which is in fact coming to an end. Several infection cases among the …
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October 16, 2020
Arts, Culture
A digital interactive exhibition of rarely seen codexes, documents and objects kept in Mt. Athos, the all-male monastic community of northern Greece, is opening to the public on Friday, October 16, at the Athens Concert Hall. The exhibition “Passage into the Light”, will include digitized objects that span a thousand …
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September 27, 2020
Earthquake
Several earthquakes have rattled the Monks’ Republic on Mount Athos in less that 24 hours, with the strongest one measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale. Epicenter of all the earthquakes was in the sea area some 18-20 km south of Athos. Videos 5.R strike in Protato Karyes The latest tremor …
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September 21, 2020
World
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece on upcoming Thursday. According to sources, Mishustin will stay at the Panteleimon monastery, where most of the monks are Russian, until Friday. Mount Athos is a male-only religious community that consists of 17 Greek …
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September 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
At least eight confirmed cases of coronavirus were recorded since Sunday night in a single monastery of Mount Athos. Authorities have placed the Monastery of St. Paul in quarantine on Monday morning. While the majority of infected monks has reportedly mild symptoms, one monk was transferred outside the Monk’s Republic …
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February 15, 2020
Greece
The Greek state will support the installation of photovoltaic units to meet the needs of the monks living in their own “Republic” in Mount Athos. Energy Minister, Costis Hadjidakis, and a government delegation visited Mt Athos a couple of days ago and discussed ‘burning’ issues with the leadership of the …
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July 25, 2019
Greece
Holy “investors” at the Development Ministry. A high-ranking monks delegation from the Megisti Lavras Monastery in Mount Athos visited the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis. The Ministry of Development inaugurates “a constant communication with the Holy Guard, so that the Holy Mountain proceeds and continues its glorious course.” …
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August 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Hollywood star Jonathan Jackson offered one of his EMMY Awards to Virgin Mary and the Vatopedi Monastery in the Monks Republic Mount Athos. During his visit to Mt Athos and the Vatopedi Monetary to honor the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Jackson had a surprise for the monks. He gave …
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July 11, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Greek government has reportedly decided to expel two Russian diplomats, and ban the entry of two more into Greece of two more. The four Russian diplomats are allegedly accused of intrusion into domestic affairs and illegal acts against Greece’s national security. The tension seems to have been brewing between …
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February 1, 2017
Uncategorized, Very Mix
The scenery outside the Greek Parliament on Wednesday afternoon was a pandemonium of monks supporters consisting of nuns and monks, Football Club members as well as Golden Dawn supporters,supporters of an anti-protest demonstration. A pre-protest of the main protest was staged by a group of supporters monks at rebel Esphigmenou …
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