Mount Athos and Meteora: The History of the Greek Landmarks that Became Orthodox Christian Monasteries by Charles River Editors
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Overview: Clear water where evergreens, azaleas cool ceremoniously…a kele lost among cedars, its roof open to eagles, door unhinged…silver leaves like a congregation of spiders…” When one hears these enchanting descriptions, from poet David Posner’s 1964 composition “Mount Athos,” it is not difficult to understand why this sleepy paradise is often extolled as the most peaceful and private corner of Greece, if not all of Europe. Mount Athos is the easternmost finger of the Halkidiki peninsula – a mountainous sliver of land that stretches about 37.3 miles long and 4.3-7.5 miles wide, with a surface area of about 150 square miles. Towering over the tightly-packed chestnut forests and the blue, crystalline waters of the Aegean Sea at a height of 6,670 feet is the snow-dusted crest of the mighty mountain itself.
Known to the locals as Agion Oros, or the “Holy Mountain,” the peninsula today is most famed for its exclusivity, a place that continues to bar all women and their daughters from entry. The fortress-like monasteries scattered amongst the slopes and the clusters of cells clinging to the cliffs are occupied by monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Of course, its male-only population is just one aspect of the peninsula’s anomalous nature.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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