#monasteries

• Aghion Oros — The official Greek name for Mount Athos, situated on the eastern peninsula of Halkidiki; it represents an autonomous monastic state under Greek sovereignty, globally recognized as the spiritual center of Eastern Orthodoxy, housing twenty sovereign monasteries and numerous historical hermitages where access for women is forbidden.
• Athos — A mountain and peninsula in northern Greece (Chalcidice, Macedonia region), forming a self-governing monastic state under the spiritual sovereignty of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Universally known as the Holy Mountain (Agion Oros), it houses twenty large fortified monasteries (including Romanian sketes) and stands as the supreme spiritual center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.