Alexandroupoli: Aegean mix of flavor, history, scenic views
Alexandroupoli is a winter destination that you would never think of, where you can meet the azure waters of the Aegean, explore the pages of history,...
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Discovering Meteora: Tale of miraculous nature, floating monasteries
Greece's Meteora is a land of wonderful monasteries, where nature's miracles meet historical marvels; it is filled with ancient trails, towering...
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Greece's Meteora: Tale of miraculous nature, floating monasteries
Greece's Meteora is a land of wonderful monasteries, where nature's miracles meet historical marvels; it is filled with ancient trails, towering...
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Visit of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America to Mount Athos and Thessaloniki
Archbishop Elpidophoros will be visiting Mount Athos accompanied by forty pilgrims from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
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The "Holy Mountain"
MOUNT ATHOS, the easternmost of the three prongs of the peninsula of Chalkidiké, has been for centuries the "Holy Mountain" of the Orthodox Church. Pious, or at least penitent, Byzantine, Trapezuntine, Serbian and Russian Emperors and dignitaries founded twenty monasteries there in the dark centuries; more than one monarch sought refuge there from the intrigues of courts, and, to make the solitude safer, it has always been a rule that no female -- except the inevitable female flea, which invades most Eastern monasteries -- should set foot upon Mount Athos.
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