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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...
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Clinging to Greek cliff monastery welcomes people from around world except women
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 ...
Mount Athos monastery home to diverse Orthodox community
Father Simon tolls the bell to summon monks and visitors to afternoon prayers at the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, in northern Greece, Monday, April 14, 2025.
On Greece’s 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.
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Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece
Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...
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AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece. Also known ...