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Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos and relevant current events, especially crisis about ecumenism.
www.esphigmenou.com
Contains a description of the Koutloumous monastery.
www.ec-patr.gr
The mountain that the architect Dinocrates offered to turn into a statue of Alexander the Great with a city in one hand and in the other a perennially flowing spring.
www.newadvent.org
An Introduction to Mount Athos
A first approach to the presentation of Mount Athos from such aspects as geography, history, administration, monastic life and art. Available in English and French.
poseidon.csd.auth.gr
Focuses on history, religion, sketes and monasteries.
www.orthodoxwiki.org
Orthodoxphotos.com: Mount Athos Photos
Features photos of local monasteries and churches and has brief information about monastic life.
www.orthodoxphotos.com
Description of the place, history and geography.
www.sacredsites.com
Histories and visitor information for this remarkable cluster of early monasteries from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, via sensitive map or list.
www.culture.gr
Monasteries of Mt Athos, Mythology and Legends, The History of Mount Athos, Athos's Way of Life, Visiting information
www.greekmonasteries.net
Information about a miraculous icon - Our Lady of Iviron.
www.catholicculture.org
Overview of the Chilandariou Monastery with photos.
www.sv-luka.org
Four Days on the Mountain of Silence: by R. Paul Stevens
Travel story with emphasis on theology and contemplation published in Crux - A Quarterly Journal of Christian Thought and Opinion December 2004/Vol. XL, No. 4
regent.gospelcom.net
OrthodoxWiki: Monastery of Vatopaidi
Learn about the monastery that stands on a picturesque stretch of coastline on the gulf of the same name and almost in the center of the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula.
www.orthodoxwiki.org
The Monasticism of Mount Athos
History, spirituality, and theology of Mount Athos, with images, discussion, and travel instructions.
www.monachos.net