CBS News

Bob Simon's pick: Mount Athos

Hear the late Bob Simon talk about one of his favorite 60 Minutes reports called "Mount Athos," which was first broadcast in April 2011. Simon received rare access to the monasteries at Mt. Athos on a ...
SFGate

OF MONKS AND MEN / Mount Athos, Greece, is a world unto itself -- with no females allowed -- that runs pretty much the way it did during the days of the Byzantine Empire

2006-10-08 04:00:00 PDT Mount Athos, Greece-- Welcome to the Monastic Republic of Holy Mount Athos. Please set your calendar back a thousand years. Clocks here run on Byzantine time, which starts at ...
NPR

Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant. And high in the great tower of ...
Los Angeles Times

Eviction of Monks From Monastery Is Protested

OURANOUPOLIS, Greece — More than 600 people chanting “orthodoxy or death” protested a decision to forcibly evict rebellious Orthodox monks from a monastery on Mt. Athos. The monks oppose efforts to ...