Father Cassianos fixed me with an impish stare as he gave me his answer. “It has been so many years that I cannot remember.” ...

Mount Athos in Greece is one of the holiest sites in Orthodox Christianity. Set on a peninsula in the Aegean Sea, it's home to 20 monasteries. The priceless artifacts found within these ancient ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known ...

Women, however, are not allowed on Mt. Athos, and so while I did not travel there for 60 Minutes, I nevertheless felt bound to the experience through the shared rituals I watched in the footage.

Mount Athos Pilgrims' Bureau, 109 Egnatia St., GR-54635 Thessaloniki, Greece, 011-30-2310-252578. Gives entry permits for Mount Athos, which admits about 120 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox visitors ...

In Mt. Athos, Byzantine Empire lingersThe Details Visiting Mount Athos Non-Orthodox foreigners must apply (two to four weeks in advance) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of Churches ...

As much of Mount Athos confirms for me, it can be harder than we think to leave the world. To get to Mount Athos, I flew into Thessaloniki via Istanbul, where I made a quick stop at the Hagia Sophia.