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Athos, MountMountain, northern Greece. Reaching a height of 6,670 ft (2,033 m), it occupies Aktí, a promontory of the Chalcidice Peninsula. It is the site of a semiautonomous republic of 20 monasteries and dependencies (skítes). Organized monastic life began there in 963, when St. Athanasius the Athonite founded the first monastery. By 1400 there were 40 monasteries. Long regarded as the holy mountain of the Greek Orthodox Church, it was declared a theocratic republic in 1927. Its churches and libraries house a rich collection of Byzantine art and ancient and medieval manuscripts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For example, at a monastic community in Arizona (founded by one of the Athonite Elders) he finds beauty in the monastery itself but a spirit of dour rigidity among the lay congregants who have made it their parish. Still, a recent prospective biographer recounts that Part gave him, as a parting gift, the Russian Orthodox Archimandrite Sophrony's biography of his spiritual master, Saint Siluoan the Athonite. |
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