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Subscribe to ERT: http://bit.ly/ERTYT Mount Athos is the ark of Orthodoxy. It occupies the entire peninsula of Athos in Halkidiki. According to Greek Mythology, Mount Athos is associated with the battle of giants, between the Giants and the Gods of Olympus. The leader of the first was Athos. Athos, threw from Thrace, a huge rock against Poseidon, missed, and the rock fell into the sea, creating the Mount, which was given its name. The Holy Mount, today, consists of 20 holy monasteries and other monastic institutions , such as hermitages, cells, hermitages. Its capital is Karyes. The Athonian monastic life begins in 843, with the arrival in Athos of two great personalities: Saint Peter the Athonite and Saint Athanasius the Athonite. Viewers of the series "Foteina Monopatia", by watching this episode, will have the opportunity to learn the history of Mount Athos from ancient times, to get to know the oldest monastery, the Holy Monastery of Megistis Lavra, as well as the oldest hermitage on Mount Athos, the hermitage of Agia Anne. Gavriel Nikolaou Pentzikis (author), Father Pavlos Lavriotis, Kriton Chrysochoidis (Emeritus Director of the National Research Foundation) and the monk Filippos Mikragiannanitis speak on the show. Director: Kostas Papadimas Screenplay: Eleni Bilialis Production director: Takis Psomas Scientific associate: Sofokles Dimitrakopoulos Journalist team: Kostas Blathras – Zoi Biliali Cinematographers: Yiannis Sarigiannis, Antonis Vafiadis Sound editing-editing: Kostas Psomas Music: Giorgos Magoulas Drone Operator: Yiannis Sarigiannis Secretariat: Zoe Biliali Executive producer: F. SPIROGLOU- E. TRIVILOS KE SIA E.E. Presentation: Eleni Biliali Official Site: http://www.ert.gr/ Facebook: / ertsocial Twitter: / ertsocial Instagram: / ertsocial