Mount Athos in Macedonia – Beautiful landscapes of Greece
Posted by D-Mak in Greece, Macedonian Culture
Mount Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως, Oros Athos) is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia, of northern Greece, called in Greek Agion Oros (Άγιον Όρος, transliterated often as Hagion Oros), or in English, “Holy Mountain”. In Classical times, the peninsula was called Akté (Ακτή) (sometimes Acte or Akte). Politically it is known in Greece as the Self-governed Monastic State of the Holy Mountain. This World Heritage Site is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
MOUNT ATHOS – ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES IN MACEDONIA, GREECE
ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΦΙΛΟ ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΕΣΤΕΙΛΕ ΤΙΣ ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ
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