AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start ...

Nature feels untouched around the monastery that overlooks the open sea. A handful of bushes and small trees hang in the crevices where spring rains bring bursts of poppy flowers, while cats and ...

AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has ...

While many on the island – and even ... the future,” he said. The monastery is blinding white in the Aegean sunshine. During the pitch-black nights, its small windows are the only specks ...

Amorgos, the easternmost Greek island of Cyclades, is boasting marvelous beaches with azure waters and ideal spots for diving ...