1. Mount Athos - Noun
2. Mount Athos - Proper noun
an autonomous area in northeastern Greece that is the site of several Greek Orthodox monasteries founded in the tenth century
Source: WordNetAround 1893 he travelled to Mount Athos ( St. Panteleimon Monastery ), but left shocked and profoundly disillusioned, confronted with sodomy as he told Makary. Source: Internet
I recall reading Wall Street Journal long ago about a Greek Orthodox monk from Mount Athos made predictions Greece/Cyprus would be in financial crisis for turning their back against the Gospel. Source: Internet
Each monastery may formulate its own rule, and although there are no religious orders in Orthodoxy some respected monastic centers such as Mount Athos are highly influential. Source: Internet
On the Mount Athos there are areas such as the Skete of St Anne, which could be considered as monastic entities but are small "Sketes" (monastic houses containing one elder and 2 or 3 disciples) who come together in one church for services. Source: Internet
Xerxes decided that the Hellespont would be bridged to allow his army to cross to Europe, and that a canal should be dug across the isthmus of Mount Athos (rounding which headland, a Persian fleet had been destroyed in 492 BC). Source: Internet
The monastic communities on Mount Athos have provided the strongest opposition to the New Calendar, and to modernism in general, while still maintaining communion with their mother church. Source: Internet