Mount Athos

 

– The Holy Mountain of Athos, an ark of Orthodoxy for more than a thousand years, can truly be said to be a womb which brings forth and nurtures Byzantine musical composition and the cantor’s art.
Today, after a period of crisis and decline, the monastic community of Mount Athos, flourishing again, is shaping a new period based on the spiritual heritage and the religious charge of this place, and is cultivating that climate which rejoices the souls and gives rest to the spirit not only of each monk, but also of the visitor and pilgrim.