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Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute
A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...
Mount Athos monk in hospital after alleged attack by rival monastery
A violent clash at a monastic sanctuary on Greece's Mount Athos has left an Orthodox Christian monk in hospital, reigniting a ...
5 must-visit historical sites in Greece
Historical sites in Greece, including the Acropolis and Meteora, allow visitors to step back into ancient history.
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The Extermination of Pontic Greeks Was a Genocide
The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark ...
Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world — as long as they’re men
The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.
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The Pontian genocide: A brief overview of the tragedy – How Kemal’s forces eliminated 350,000 Greeks
May 19 is recognized as a day of remembrance for the atrocities committed by the Kemalist forces, which ultimately led to the ...
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The Panagia Soumela Icon, the Symbol of Hellenism in Pontus
The holy icon of Panagia Soumela, located in the homonymous Holy Church in Vermio, northern Greece, is the symbol of Hellenism in Pontus.
AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or ...