Mount Athos
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Mount Athos is a mountain in northeastern Greece that is home to a monastic community of Eastern Orthodox monks who have lived there since around the 10th century. It is considered one of the most important spiritual centers in Orthodox Christianity and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its unique religious and cultural significance.
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Mount Athos is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.
The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed as an autonomous region in Greece by the monastic community of Mount Athos, which is ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. By Greek law and by religious tradition, women are prohibited from entering the area governed by the monastic community.
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