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On Greece’s Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
- As of April 2025, the Monastery of Simonos Petra on Mount Athos in northern Greece is home to a community of monks representing 14 different nations.
- The monastery's ecumenical nature, rooted in Byzantine traditions, embraces global Orthodoxy and welcomes male visitors seeking spiritual connection and meaning.
- Father Isaiah, born in Vietnam and raised in Switzerland, found answers to his lifelong spiritual quest at Simonos Petra nearly 20 years ago through virtue and love.
- Father Makarios, a French convert from Catholicism, has lived in Simonos Petra for 46 years as its librarian, embodying the monastery’s openness to foreigners.
- The monastery maintains longstanding traditions with daily prayers and tasks, recovering from past fires and symbolizing resilience while inviting all men to explore faith and brotherhood.
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed.
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian Orthodox community.
·Georgia, United States
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world — as long as they're men
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.
·United States
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On Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a diverse Christian Orthodox community.
·Athens, Greece
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