This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The holy peninsula of Mount Athos reaches 31 miles out into the Aegean Sea like an appendage struggling to dislocate ...

The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has severed ties the Patriarchate of Constantinople, it was indicated that the Russian Orthodox believers won't be able to pray and recieve communion on ...

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