Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called
Άγιο Όρος (
Ayio Oros or "Holy Mountain") in Modern Greek, or
Ἅγιον Ὄρος (
Hagion Oros) in Classical Greek. It is home to 20
Orthodox monasteries and forms an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. Only
monks are allowed to live on Athos and the current population numbers around 1,400.
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