Video. Mount Athos monastery home to diverse Orthodox community
Founded in the 13th century on Greece's Mount Athos, the Monastery of Simonos Petra showcases a rich, multicultural monastic community, encompassing monks from over a dozen countries.
Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece
'Truly Mount Athos spiritually has no borders. It is a place, a center of Christian monasticism. Not just now, since a long time ago... this is proven through its survival through the centuries.'