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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 3 most beautiful hilltop monasteries to visit in the Balkans
Carved right into the rock, up on a cliffside or overlooking the valley from atop a rocky promontory... In the Balkans, from ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon's Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including ...
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On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
The Monastery of Simonos Petra, also known as Simonopetra — or Simon’s Rock — transcends country-based branches of the Christian faith, embracing monks from across the world, including ...
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 Holy Mountain. The peninsula is no stranger to foreigners. Of the 20 ...
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AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery
Also known as Simonopetra or Simon's Rock, the Christian Orthodox monastery transcends country-based branches of the faith by embracing monks from across the world, including converts from non ...