Monastic community of Mount Athos information

Monastic community of Mount Athos

Ἄθως / Ἅγιον Ὄρος
Monastic community of Mount Athos Ἄθως / Ἅγιον Ὄρος;
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Status	Autonomous region of Greece
Capital	Karyes
Common languages	Languages:; Greek (main language); English ("quite widely spoken"); Bulgarian (in Zograf); Romanian (in Lakkoskiti and Prodromos); Russian (in St. Panteleimon); Serbian (in Hilandar); Georgian (in Iviron)
Demonym(s)	Athonite; Agiorite;
Government	Monastic community
• Ecumenical Patriarch	Bartholomew I
• Protepistate	Elder Stephanos of Hilandar
• Civil Administrator	Anastasios Mitsialis
Area
• Total	336 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population
• 2021 estimate	1,779
Currency	euro
	Website; http://mountathosinfos.gr/; https://www.mountathos.org/

The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks in Greece who hold the status of an autonomous region with its own sovereignty within Greece and the European Union,^[5]^[6] as well as the combined rights of a decentralized administration, a region and a municipality, with a territory encompassing the distal part of the Athos peninsula including Mount Athos. The bordering proximal part of the peninsula belongs to the regular Aristotelis community in Central Macedonia.

In modern Greek, the community is commonly referred to as Agio Oros (Άγιο Όρος) translating to 'Holy Mountain', while Oros Athos (Greek: Όρος Άθως) is used to denote the physical mountain and Hersonissos tou Atho (Χερσόνησος του Άθω) in respect to the peninsula.

The community includes 20 monasteries and the settlements on which they depend. The monasteries house around 2,000 Eastern Orthodox monks from Greece and many other countries, including Eastern Orthodox countries such as Romania, Moldova, Georgia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia and Russia, who live an ascetic life at Athos, isolated from the rest of the world. The Athonite monasteries feature a rich collection of well-preserved artifacts, rare books, ancient documents, and artworks of immense historical value, and Mount Athos has been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1988.^[7]

Although Mount Athos is legally part of the European Union like the rest of Greece, the Monastic community institutions have a special jurisdiction, which was reaffirmed during the admission of Greece to the European Community (precursor to the EU).^[8] This empowers the monastic community's authorities to restrict the free movement of people and goods in its territory; in particular, only males are allowed to enter, while women and most female animals are banned from Mount Athos by religious tradition of the community that lives there.^[9]

^ "Languages". Pilgrims Guide. Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA). Retrieved 2021-05-08.^{[dead link]}
^ "Αποστολή, Άγιον Όρος: Η τελετή αλλαγής της Ιεράς Επιστασίας – Ο Γέροντας Στέφανος Χιλανδαρινός ανέλαβε Πρωτεπιστάτης (ΦΩΤΟ)" (in Greek). June 14, 2023.
^ "The new Civil Governor of Mount Athos at the Ecumenical Patriarch" (in Greek). January 10, 2024.
^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού–Kατοικιών 2021" (in Greek). Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή.
^ "Article 105" (PDF). Constitution of Greece. 2008.
^ Accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Communities (Joint declaration concerning Mount Athos). 19 November 1979.
^ "Mount Athos". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "Official Journal of the European Communities: L 291 – Volume 22 – 19 November 1979". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ Manson, Megan (11 Oct 2017). "UNESCO: Putting religious privilege above gender equality". secularism.co.uk. National Secular Society. Retrieved 11 Apr 2021.

[1] "Languages". Pilgrims Guide. Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA). Retrieved 2021-05-08.^{[dead link]}

[2] "Αποστολή, Άγιον Όρος: Η τελετή αλλαγής της Ιεράς Επιστασίας – Ο Γέροντας Στέφανος Χιλανδαρινός ανέλαβε Πρωτεπιστάτης (ΦΩΤΟ)" (in Greek). June 14, 2023.

[3] "The new Civil Governor of Mount Athos at the Ecumenical Patriarch" (in Greek). January 10, 2024.

[4] "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού–Kατοικιών 2021" (in Greek). Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή.

[5] "Article 105" (PDF). Constitution of Greece. 2008.

[6] Accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Communities (Joint declaration concerning Mount Athos). 19 November 1979.

[unesco-7] "Mount Athos". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[8] "Official Journal of the European Communities: L 291 – Volume 22 – 19 November 1979". Eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[9] Manson, Megan (11 Oct 2017). "UNESCO: Putting religious privilege above gender equality". secularism.co.uk. National Secular Society. Retrieved 11 Apr 2021.

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