Religious Tourism: Mt. Athos extends shutdown to visitors in Greece to May 17

The monastic community of Mount Athos on Thursday announced it will extend its ban on visitors or pilgrims to May 17, as part of measures against the coronavirus pandemic, ANA reports.

Teachers, students, and staff at the Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy, located at Karyes, Mt. Athos, are exempt from the ban. The school has a Greek secondary school curriculum combined with ecclesiastical teachings.

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