What Is Mount Athos? Everything You Need to Know About the Monastic Republic of Greece

What Is Mount Athos? Everything You Need to Know About the Monastic Republic of Greece The Holy Mountain Where Time Has Stood Still for Over a Thousand Years Introduction: The World’s Most Unique Place Imagine a peninsula in northern Greece where 20 monasteries cling to sheer cliffs like eagles’ nests above the sea, where monks pray every day to the rhythm of Byzantium, and where no woman has set foot…