What is "The Holy Mountain" where women are not allowed and they still live life as they did a millennium ago? Where you need a visa and it is harder to get into than, as they say, Harvard?
Watch here - it's in 2 parts (about 15 minutes each):
www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363712n
60 Minutes special on Mt Athos
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60 Minutes special on Mt Athos
"Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one." Bill Hingest ("That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis)
"These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G.K. Chesterton
"These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G.K. Chesterton
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Ditto. But I DO understand the logic.SerScot wrote:We watched that Sunday night. It was interesting. I must say I'd have gone to see my Dad one last time. But then I'm not a monastic.
"Eh? Two views? There are a dozen views about everything until you know the answer. Then there's never more than one." Bill Hingest ("That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis)
"These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G.K. Chesterton
"These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own." G.K. Chesterton