Mount Athos

At dawn, as shadows linger over the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece, a long line of pilgrims queues in front of a modest office in Ouranoupoli. Their destination? The ancient monastic community of Mount Athos. Among these pilgrims, Romanians dominate, seeking spiritual solace in place of the now-risky Holy Land.

A 40-year-old monk was found dead Thursday on a rocky shoreline in the Monoxylitis area of Mount Athos, Greece's all-male Orthodox monastic community. He had been reported missing in late November.

Local police and firefighters assisted in recovering the body, which was then transported to the mainland by private boat.

He stood silently for a moment, leaning on his metal crutches before the icon of the Virgin Mary. Then, with reverence, he placed his crutches down, as a soldier would lay down his weapon, and lay face down to pray. He did not kneel, as is customary among the faithful, because he was missing one leg - he had been severely injured in a trench somewhere in eastern Ukraine.

A man was trapped in a remote area of the northern Athos peninsula on Wednesday.

The fire department has sent eight firefighters and a climbing unit to the scene. The operation is expected to take several hours due to the inaccessibility of the man's location.

His intention to contribute “to the continuation and augmentation of the Holy Land’s effect globally, with its influence and its embrace”, is expressed in the statement of the new governor of Mount Athos, Alkiviadis Stephanis during his official reception and installation in Karyes.

Alkiviadis Stefanis reads as follows:

Alkiviadis Stefanis, a former Minister of Defense, was appointed as the new Governor of Mount Athos on Tuesday. He succeeds Ambassador Emeritus Anastasios Mitsialis, who resigned on Monday.

The customs and traditions of the day across the country – On Mount Athos, on Sunday morning the Easter table includes fish soup and fish

Meteora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime, especially during Easter.

Authorities in Mount Athos have launched an investigation following the recovery of a man's body from the sea on Saturday.

According to the coast guard, the man was about 40 years old, was about 1.70-1.75 centimeters tall, had a normal build and was wearing a dark-colored tracksuit and trainers.

The painter Konstantinos Kerestetzis presents watercolors that he created during his stay on Mount Athos, the fruit of a deep relationship he has cultivated with the historic monastic community. However, he is not holding the exhibition in a gallery but at his home, an old Athenian residence on Proussis Street, which is opening to the public for a few days.