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MOUNT ATHOS, GREECE - 8 MAY 2014: A monk sits outside one of the dormitories of Great Lavra after the compline (apodeipnon), in Mount Athos, Greece, on May 8th 2014.
The compline (apodeipnon) comes after the vespers (esperinos) followed by a dinner in the late afternoon, which formally set the beginning of the liturgical day that starts with sunset.
Great Lavra (Megistis Lavra) was founded in 963 by Athanasius the Athonite and marks the beginning of the organized monastic life at Mount Athos.
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Greece. A World Heritage Site and autonomous polity in the Hellenic Republic, Athos is home to 20 stavropegial Eastern Orthodox monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the patriarch of Constantinople. Greeks commonly refer to Mount Athos as the "Holy Mountain".
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- 2014 Gianni Cipriano
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