Mount Athos: Is there a Catholic equivalent?

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i just read the home page. it sounds like the Vatican.

i could be wrong
 
Is the centre of Eastern Christian Orthodox Monasticism. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it is a treasury which houses and guards many artefacts and monuments of religions, national and artistic value. It is also a “workshop” where religions arts and crafts are still practised to this day, and where deep and genuine spirituality is allowed to flourish and bear fruit. As an institution Mount Athos is, and has been, the chief standard bearer of Orthodox Christianity.
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well, the Vatican is a work of art as supposed to natural beauty but it has a treasury which houses and guards many artefacts and monuments of religion with national and artistic value

so its at least like the Vatian in some way
 
what exactly is this? a collection of certain specific monastaries?
 
crazzeto said:
what exactly is this? a collection of certain specific monastaries?
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It is a place that was given to the Theotokos as a present from God when she and St. John the Apostle stopped there during rough weather while at sea.

It is the Center of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism.

It is a self-governed part of Greece subject to the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in its religious and to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its political. It is home to 20 self-governed territories.

Only monks are allowed to live there and only men are allowed to visit as it is a special and unique place of deep Monastic Prayer. The monks there live a life filled with solitude, prayer, obedience, service and fasting.
 
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to me the holy land would be similar.
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The Holy Land is filled with Muslims and Jews. Very few Christians exist and those that do are mostly Orthodox, not Catholic. It does not resemble Mount Athos at all when you think about it.

Mount Athos is fillled with Orthodox Christian Monks, not different religions. And the sole focus of everyone there is spiritual, not political.
 
Actually I do believe a limited number on non-monks are allowed to live there, although only to do those necessary jobs that aren’t really fitting for monks (businesses in the town for the care of the pilgrims, etc.)

Also of note is that non-Orthodox can, and do visit it, although I’m pretty sure they have to be nominally Christian to do so, however it is much harder as they have to file for a visa six months before they want to visit (applications aren’t accepted any earlier, and any later and there are unlikely to be any spaces available).
 
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