Mount Athos, the center of Orthodox Monasticism located on an autonomous peninsula in Northern Greece, has what Dr. Jean Claude Larchet calls a "prophetic role" in the modern world. This is true not only for Orthodox Christians, but believers in other religions and even atheists, Larchet writes. Why is this so? Why is Mount Athos a place of such enduring and widespread … [Read more...] about The Prophetic Role of Mount Athos in the Contemporary World