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 ...

In the Macedonian region of Greece, there are three small peninsulas, collectively known as Halkidiki. The southern part of the easternmost peninsula is the Holy Mountain (Mount Athos). Rising 2,030 ...

A photographic survey revealed dozens of Bulgarian inscriptions in Greek Orthodox monasteries across Jerusalem’s Old City. “The inscriptions were found on the walls of Greek Orthodox monasteries in ...

Monks are preparing for a major raid on Mount Athos, the Greek mountain considered a sacred site for Eastern Orthodox Christians, after Greek police sent a letter on July 16 asking for increased ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - About a dozen Greek women violated a 1,000-year ban on the male-only monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday during a protest over disputed land, one of the demonstrators said ...

The museum determined that the handwritten manuscript, which is more than a thousand years old, had been looted from the monastery during World War I. By Jane Arraf The Museum of the Bible in ...