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Modern Aton/Athos

Organization of Monastic Life The basic regulations for monastic life are contained in the Athonite Rule; more detailed details are recorded in the internal monastic rules (canonisms). The Rule provides...

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Athos after the fall of Byzantium

During the Ottoman era, Athos remained under the patronage (though not always unselfish) of the Turkish sultans, which allowed the Holy Mountain to retain at least some of its former...

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