{"id":823144,"date":"2023-10-05T11:53:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T08:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=823144"},"modified":"2023-10-12T10:04:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:04:15","slug":"mount-athos-aynoroz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2023\/10\/05\/mount-athos-aynoroz\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Athos (Aynoroz)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-monasteries.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-monasteries.png 500w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-monasteries-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-monasteries-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mount Athos is a peninsula in northern Greece (in the geographical region of Macedonia). It is home to 20 Orthodox Christian monasteries and administratively it is an autonomous polity, governed by a Holy Community consisting of representatives of those monasteries. Civil authority is represented by a Civil Governor appointed by the Foreign Ministry of Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/A-fresco-with-Saint-Mercurius-and-Artemius-of-Antioch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/A-fresco-with-Saint-Mercurius-and-Artemius-of-Antioch.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/A-fresco-with-Saint-Mercurius-and-Artemius-of-Antioch-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A fresco with Saint Mercurius and Artemius of Antioch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In terms of culture, however, Mount Athos retains many Byzantine traditions &amp; items and indeed some commentators have stated that it is like a place \u2018frozen in time\u2019. The Mount operates under a charter granted by Emperor Ioannes Tzimisces in 972. Byzantine cultural and religious practices are retained in those monasteries, most of which were built between the 10th and 15th centuries and are scattered over the heavily forested, hilly peninsula. They posses many medieval art treasures, including liturgical objects and vestments, Christian texts, Byzantine imperial chrysobulls (decrees), icons and holy relics. As such, one can say that Mount Athos is still Byzantine in a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-aynaroz-dagi-1024x636.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-aynaroz-dagi-1024x636.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-aynaroz-dagi-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-aynaroz-dagi-768x477.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mount-athos-aynaroz-dagi.png 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Athos is a peninsula in northern Greece (in the geographical region of Macedonia). It is home to 20 Orthodox Christian monasteries and administratively it is an autonomous polity, governed by a Holy Community consisting of representatives of those monasteries. Civil authority is represented by a Civil Governor appointed by the Foreign Ministry of Greece. 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