2. We will present you the Monasteries in Mount Athos and Meteora!

4. Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Greece

5. According to tradition, Virgin Mary, admiring the wild beauty of the place....

7. Then the voice of Lord was heard saying:

8. "Let this place be your lot, your garden and your paradise, as well as a salvation, a haven for those who seek salvation.

9. So Mount Athos is also called ‘Garden of Virgin Mary’

10. Greeks call it the "Holy Mountain" (Greek: Άγιον Όρος, Agion Oros)

12. In the 5th century AD, the first monks came to Mount Athos.

13. Now there are about 20 monasteries.

15. The number of daily visitors to Mount Athos is restricted.

16. They are required to obtain a special entrance permit

19. The permit is valid for a limited period.

22. Only males are permitted to visit it.

24. The monasteries possess huge deposits of invaluable art treasures

28. METEORA

29. Meteora means “suspended in the air”.

31. It is said that the first people to inhabit Meteora arrived in the 9th Century

32. They wanted to escape everyday life, they climbed up the cliffs with their bare hands

33. They settled in small caves and lived on a life of solitude, meeting occasionally to worship and pray.

34. For hundreds of years the only way to bring anything up or down the rocks was with nets or baskets attached to rope. For hundreds of years the only way to bring anything up or down the rocks was with nets or baskets attached to rope.

35. For hundreds of years the only way to bring anything up or down the rocks was with nets or baskets attached to rope.

40. As time progressed these people grew into a small community and built monasteries.

43. By the 14th Century served as shelter from Turkish invaders.

44. Beginning of 19 th century many were destroyed by the army of Ali Pasha.

45. Now, six monasteries remain and can be visited.

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