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St. Panteleimon Monastery Orthodox Mount Athos landscape Greece #311940657
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Ferry boat navigating near St. Panteleimon Moni Agiou Panteleimonos Orthodox monastery at Mount Athos, Holy Mountain, Halkidiki, Greece. View from the sea. is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos, located on the southwestern side of the peninsula in Northern Greece. It is the Russian monastery on the peninsula. It houses exclusively Russian monks, sent by the Russian Orthodox Church, and the liturgies are served in Russian, Occupation of the peninsula is permitted only on the monks The monastery can only be viewed from a cruise ship, which sails 0.5 km from the coastline. Only men are allowed to enter the monks' country after obtaining a visa.September 21th 2014, Aegean sea Greece
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