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MOUNT ATHOS, GREECE - 10 MAY 2014: A fresco in the ceiling of the church of the Koutloumoussiou monastery, in the monastic state of Mount Athos, Greece, on May 10th 2014.
Among the treasures of the monastery is the purported largest relic of the True Cross. The library of monastery contains 662 manuscripts and approximately 3,500 printed books.
It has 20 working monks.
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".
- Copyright
- 2014 Gianni Cipriano
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- 5760x3840 / 49.3MB
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