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The Virgin Mary and the Angels.

September 12, 1922 marks one of the darkest days of Hellenism as Smyrna, one of the most prosperous and beautiful cities on the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor, was destroyed by the Turks, sending hundreds of thousands of Greeks to a homeland they had never known.

Movie depicting tribulations of St Nektarios of Aegina coming to cinemas across Greece soon!

On the Holy Mountain, the abbots of the last hundred years are commemorated, as well as the priests and monks of the last thirty and kollyvo is also made every time an icon is placed in the church for veneration. Every Saturday, however, the departed are remembered unless it’s the return of a feast of the Lord: a little zinc plate of boiled wheat is placed under the icon of Christ.

A visit to one of the most famous wine production areas, at Mylopotamos of Mount Athos, was made recently by a Master of Wine from Nice in France (the most important title in the world in wine tasting), in order…

Excellent quality products and unique icons from monks at Mount Athos The Mount Athos Exhibition expands by opening a new store at the island of Leros in the Dodecanese. The response from people is already very encouraging and it seems…

Place of ascetism and intense spiritual life. Place of sanctification and salvation. Where people renounce worldly joys to experience heavenly life. Mount Athos is a living source of holiness, a blessed place where the monks struggle to preserve the Orthodox…

Most people are aware of how amazing honey is for sweetening your food when you don’t want to use sugar or how perfectly it softens your cakes and cookies. But monastic honey is so much more than just a tasty…