Tag: Mount Athos

What’s In Elder Paisios’ Lucky Bread?

OCP- August 22, 2013

Christina Flora - 21/8/13 Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, a well-known Eastern Orthodox monk from Farasa, Cappadocia, had made a recipe for Lucky Bread and a ... Read More

The Icon of the Mother of God – Prodromita at Techirghil Monastery

OCP- August 17, 2013

On 13 August 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, met on a scene specially arranged in the yard of Saint Mary Monastery – Techirghiol ... Read More

Mount Athos Monks Won’t Move Out for EU

OCP- July 20, 2013

Christina Flora -20/7/13 According to information, there has been unrest in Mount Athos since the night of July 17, as police forces with two patrol cars ... Read More

A Visit to Zograf Monastery at Mount Athos

OCP- July 4, 2013

4/7/13 It’s hard to imagine how dark it is when morning services start on Mount Athos. You have to blindly grope the deep throne-like wooden ... Read More

Putin to Visit Mount Athos

OCP- June 27, 2013

Christina Flora - 27/6/13 Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is going to visit the Aegean on the yacht of an entrepreneur friend. Although it is difficult to ... Read More

Serbia: Conference on Holy Mount Athos held in Belgrade

OCP- June 27, 2013

26/6/13 (ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, 26 JUNE - Participants of a three-day international conference dedicated to an Orthodox spiritual center, the Holy Mount Athos, Greece, adopted ... Read More

Former Taliban From Afghanistan Baptized at the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos

OCP- June 14, 2013

  13/6/13 Ahmed was born and raised in a village in Afghanistan in the middle of war. His childhood memories are dust, poverty, and compulsory ... Read More

The Story of Mount Athos’ Panagia Portaitissa

OCP- June 9, 2013

Stella Tsolakidou - 8/6/13 One of the most important relics of Mount Athos besides the icon of Axion Esti, is the Virgin Mary Portaitissa (meaning in Greek ... Read More

Senior Athos monk praises Russia, urges global Orthodox unity

OCP- June 7, 2013

Mount Athos, June 7, Interfax - The abbot of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, Archimandrite Ephraim, praised Russia and called for global Orthodox unity. ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Visits the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos

OCP- June 6, 2013

Patriarch Kirill arrives on Mount Athos On June 4, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived on Holy Mount Athos, accompanied ... Read More

Metropolitan Hilarion: No Women On Mt. Athos

OCP- June 3, 2013

3/6/13 Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and  Chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, revealed that Greece is under the ... Read More

Visiting the ‘Holy Mountain’ Athos in Greece

OCP- June 1, 2013

The Monastic Republic of Mount Athos 1/6/13 There’s an autonomous region in Greece that’s home to the “Holy Mountain.” It’s one of the holiest sites ... Read More

Mt. Athos Leaders Talk Taxes With Samaras

OCP- April 19, 2013

Margarita Papantoniou - 18/4/13 The administration of the Holy Mount met Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in the Maximos Mansion on April 17 to go over financial ... Read More

Greek Monasteries Abound in History, Beauty

OCP- March 6, 2013

Stella Tsolakidou - 5/3/13 Religious tourism is one of the oldest forms of travelling and Greece has inspired travellers, whether for religious purposes or mere self-exploring, ... Read More

Proposal to Exhibit Mount Athos Treasures

OCP- March 6, 2013

  Christina Flora 5/3/13 The state of Victoria and Greece are going to discuss on the update of the memorandum signed in the early 90′s ... Read More

Father Maximos of Mount Athos to lead 2013 Archon Lenten Retreat, April 19-20

OCP- February 1, 2013

New York, NY 1/31/2013 With the blessings of Archbishop Demetrios of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, it is with great joy that we invite ... Read More

A Visit to the Mount Athos of America

OCP- January 10, 2013

Thom Nickels - 10/1/13 Philadelphia-based author/journalist It's a little bit after one in the afternoon and Father Sergius (Bowyer), the Abbott of St. Tikhon of ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill to make a pilgrimage to Mount Athos and visit Estonia

OCP- December 30, 2012

Moscow, December 29, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is to visit Greece, Mount Athos and the Baltic States next year. "Early ... Read More

Greeks Seek Strength in the Powers of Revered Monk Elder Paisios to Predict Events

OCP- December 11, 2012

GORDON FAIRCLOUGH 11/12/12 SOUROTI, Greece—Legend has it that nearly three decades ago, a bearded Orthodox Christian mystic visiting here made an unsettling prediction: Greece in ... Read More

Ancient Art Comes To Syracuse

OCP- November 23, 2012

Stacey Page - 22/11/2012 When local artist Brian Whirledge reached a plateau in his craft, he sought a teacher who could instruct him further. Unfortunately, teachers ... Read More

Greeks Seek Solace in Mt. Athos Monasteries

OCP- October 15, 2012

Mount Athos, a self-governed peninsula in northeastern Greece, has been attracting pilgrims to its Orthodox monasteries for centuries. But the debt crisis has led to ... Read More