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</div>The '''[[Paschalion]]''' of the [[Orthodox Church]] combines the metonic and solar calendrical cycles to determine the date of [[Pascha]] for a given year. A common formula to determine the date of Pascha was created in connection with the [[First Ecumenical Council]], held at Nicea in 325 A.D. '''[[Paschalion|Read more...]]'''
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</div>'''[[Mount Athos]]''' is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called <font lang="el">&#902;&#947;&#953;&#959; &#908;&#961;&#959;&#962;</font> (''Ayio Oros'' or "Holy Mountain") in Modern Greek, or <font lang="el">&#x1F0D;&#947;&#953;&#959;&#957; &#x1F4C;&#961;&#959;&#962;</font> (''Hagion Oros'') in Classical Greek. It is home to 20 [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] [[monastery|monasteries]] and forms an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. Only [[monasticism|monks]] are allowed to live on Athos and the current population numbers around 1,400. '''[[Mount Athos|Read more...]]'''

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The Holy Mountain

Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece, called Άγιο Όρος (Ayio Oros or "Holy Mountain") in Modern Greek, or Ἅγιον Ὄρος (Hagion Oros) in Classical Greek. It is home to 20 Orthodox monasteries and forms an autonomous state under Greek sovereignty. Only monks are allowed to live on Athos and the current population numbers around 1,400. Read more...
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