The ancient monasteries of Mt. Athos, a Greek peninsula-island barred to women and non-monks since the 9th century, will be described in a free lecture and slide show in Huntsville, Ala., on ...

About a dozen Greek women violated a 1,000-year ban on the male-only monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday during a protest over disputed land, one of the demonstrators said on Wednesday.

Greek monks clash on Mount Athos, seven injured By Reuters August 9, 20072:10 PM PDTUpdated January 20, 2007 ...