MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece. Also known as Simonopetra or Simon’s Rock, the Christian ...

In the Simonopetra Monastery, the earthquake caused damage in the central wing, and parts of frescoes were damaged. The monastery sustained more limited damage compared to the others, with less severe ...

THE bell for the first service of the day clangs at 4am at the monastery of Simonopetra on the Athos peninsula in northern Greece. But to be at the chapel when the ceremonies begin, you have to get up ...

What is it like to be a monk? I spent three days in Greece’s revered ‘Holy Mountain’ monastery to find out. By Simon Critchley Mr. Critchley is a philosophy professor and author. ATHENS — In the ...