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Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, exits the chapel at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, in Amorgos island, Greece, Thursday, March 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Petros Giannakouris ...
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, exits the chapel at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, in Amorgos island, Greece, Thursday, March 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Petros Giannakouris ...
Spyridon, who was born on Amorgos, joined the monastery straight out of high school in 1971, when he was 18. He’s now one of only two monks there, plus an assistant, 35-year-old Constantin ...
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday ...
For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, exits the chapel at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, in Amorgos island, Greece, Thursday, March 27, 2025.
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday ...
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday ...
For over 50 years, Father Spyridon has been the heart of a cliffside monastery on Amorgos, Greece—sustaining faith, tradition, and community even as the island adapts to modern change.
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday ...
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday ...