Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...

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 ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Clinging almost impossibly to a sheer cliff in northern Greece, the Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Soumela Monastery ... from the standard Modern Greek spoken in Greece. This language serves as a vital link to their ancestral roots and remains a symbol of the resilience of their identity. The Greek ...

AMORGOS, Greece — For more than 50 years ... to care for them,” he told The Associated Press in Greek at Panagia Hozoviotissa monastery, where he said not even a rock fell during the tremors.

the bijou city in the Argolis region of the eastern Peloponnese briefly served as capital of the newly independent Greek state until Athens took over in 1834. Its old town is one of Greece’s ...

Orthodox Easter Sunday in Greece is regarded among the important events. People from different age groups including men, women, and children start planning many days before the event. People living in ...

Mihailo Tolotos, a Greek monk ... Mihailo Tolotos was born in 1856 in Halkidiki, Greece. Tragically, his mother passed away just moments after he was born, leaving him orphaned. He was taken in by ...

The Life and Martyrdom of Saint George According to Orthodox tradition ... Locals and visitors from all over Greece honor the saint by offering a scarf and receive a piece of one from previous ...