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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thanassis Stavrakis

AP PHOTOS: Orthodox monks carry on a tradition of monastic life at a cliffside Greek monastery

APTOPIX Greece Multicultural Monastery Photo Gallery - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Also known as Simonopetra or Simon’s Rock, the Christian Orthodox monastery transcends country-based branches of the faith by embracing monks from across the world, including converts from non-Orthodox nations.

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