THE INTERNATIONAL VALUE OF THE TRADITION OF INVIOLABILITY OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
/Η ΔΙΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΑΞΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΙΜΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΒΑΤΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΟΡΟΥΣ/

Alexios PANAGOPOULOS

professor of Nacional College, PATRAS, Greece; professor of the Church Institute of Patras, ΚΕΝΤΡΟ ΜΕΤΑΛΥΚΕΙΑ - ΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ Π. ΦΥΤΙΛΑ - NATIONAL COLLEGE ΠΑΝΤΑΝΑΣ - ΣΗΣ 4, 26221, ΠΑΤΡΑ, 00302610625736

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of religious rules, their relation to secular law and specifically the validity and inviolability of the existing rules on the Holy Mountain Athos, according to which that territory banned women and female animals. It outlines the possible impact of the European Union and its laws on the functioning of Athos Republic, but also the requirement raised by various international institutions to allow women to enter the territory of Mount Athos as unacceptable for the legislation of the Holy Mountain. In conclusion, the article will meet with the various recommendations of the author, which could help address the issue regarding the preservation and Holy Mountain’s Orthodox monastic tradition.

Keywords

Holy Mountain Athos, monk, monastery, European Union, tradition

(Language: greek)

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