Monasteries

Meteora, Mount Athos and the Byzantine foundations

A monastery of Meteora, Thessaly

A monastery of Meteora, Thessaly. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Orthodox monasticism shaped Greece's mountains: the hanging monasteries of Meteora, the autonomous republic of Mount Athos (men only, by permit), and the great Byzantine foundations like Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni. Dress modestly, keep quiet, and go early.

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