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The Greek Orthodox Monk Who Died Without Ever Seeing a Woman
A Greek Orthodox monk on Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox monasticism, died at the age of 82 without ever seeing a woman. This is the story of Michael Tolotos. Born around 1856, Tolotos faced a tragic start to...
Greece
The Last Monk of a Monastery-Fortress on a Remote Greek Island
This is the story of Father Grigorios, a Greek-Orthodox monk who lived 38 years of his life, almost alone, in a medieval monastery-fortress on the small Ionian island of Strofades.
Father Grigorios passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017, at...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Indian Buddhist Monk Buried in Athens’ Archaeological Site
In the archaeological site of Kerameikos in Athens, Greece, there is an ancient tomb of an Indian Buddhist monk named Zarmanochegas.
Kerameikos is the most important cemetery of Ancient Athens which came into existence in the 12th Century B.C. It...
Greece
Mystery Over Woman’s Remains at Men-Only Mount Athos, Greece
Mystery surrounds the remains of a woman discovered in 2019 who was buried centuries ago at the cemetery of Pantokratoros Monastery on Mount Athos.
The Greek "Holy Mountain" with its nearly 1,800-year continuous Christian presence is home to twenty monasteries,...
Greek News
The Greek Buddhist Monk: From Serres to Sri Lanka
The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri Lanka.
Nanyadasana was born in 1959 as Ioannis Tselios in Serres, northern Greece. At the age of 64, after...
Crime
Orthodox Monk Wins Case to Practice as a Lawyer in Greece
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday vindicated an Orthodox monk whose application to register at the bar had been rejected by the Greek authorities.
The ECJ ruled that Greece cannot stop Monk Irenaeus from practicing as an attorney....
events
Greek Monastery Reopens After 600 Years
The last time that the Monastery of the Three Hierarchs held a mass in Lousoudi Kapetanion in Crete, was 600 years ago.
However, the bells of the Monastery rung once again on Wednesday, three days after Easter, when the Monastery...
Hollywood
Eccentric Billionaire Alki David Leaves World for Monastery
Alki David, the billionaire owner of FilmOn said that he will leave the material world behind to become a monk and dedicate his life to Jesus.
"I was born in an Orthodox family and grew up being an altar boy...