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In his Amalfion Western Rite Monastery on Mt Athos , Fr Aidan Keller gives a fascinating history of a Benedictine monastery that existed on Mt. Athos from the tenth to the thirteenth centuries. Today only the tower remains amidst its snake infested ruins. Read the online text here in pdf format.
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Wouldn't it be something if a Western Rite monastery was built on it's grounds someday...
ReplyDeleteNon Orthodox monasteries have no place on Mount Athos.
ReplyDeleteJuncess, Taylor W didn't suggest a non-Orthodox monastery, but presumably was thinking of an Orthodox Western Rite monastery, such as Amalfion used to be.
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