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Contemporary reporting, institutional documents, conservation, and commentary concerning Mount Athos. Historical reports retain their original dates; consult the date and source of each article.

News and reports

• Mount Athos in the News: A Multilingual Report for 2025–2026
• AthosForum — 2026 Pilgrim Operations Report
• AthosForum — Documentation Update (2025)
• Mount Athos Internal News Report (2025–2026)
• Mount Athos News-Agion Oros
• Mount Athos — News Report for 2025 (multilingual press digest)
• News- Fire on Mt. Athos
• Report: American Perceptions of Athonite Orthodox Monasteries as Sects
• Report: Connections Between Romanian Sketes on Mount Athos and Romanian Orthodox Monasteries in America
• Report: Connections Between Russian Monasteries on Mount Athos and Russian Orthodox Monasteries in America
• Report: Connections Between the Bulgarian Monastery on Mount Athos (Zograf) and Bulgarian Orthodox Monasteries in America
• Report: Connections Between the Serbian Monastery on Mount Athos (Hilandar) and Serbian Orthodox Monasteries in America
• Report: Connections of Mount Athos Monasteries with Canadian Orthodoxy
• Report: Greek Orthodox Schools of Higher Education, Including Eastern Orthodox Colleges and Universities in the United State
• Report: St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona
• Report: Turbulent Relations Between the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Mount Athos

Conservation, environment, and infrastructure

• 22 Nov. 2024 Strong earthquake M 4.6 shook Mt Athos
• Excavation of the trapeza of Vatopedi
• Fire on Mt Athos destroys monk's residense
• Forest fire Mt Athos 11 Nov 2024
• New hotel and restaurant in Mt Athos
• New supermarket of Megisti Lavra of Mt Athos

Administration and ecclesiastical affairs

• Archbishop Elpidophoros of America denied entry to Athos
• Archbishop Elpidophoros of America honored by Jews
• Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visits Mt Athos
• Heads of National Defense, Army, Navy, and Airforce visit Mt. Athos
• New Esphigmenou dismissed
• Stefanis new Mt Athos governor
• Νέος Πολιτικός διοικητής του Αγίου Όρους

Editorials and perspectives

• athosforum Easter 2026
• Mount Athos in 2025: A Year Under Siege
• Athos Blog
• Athos Editorials
• Historic 13th-Century Monastery Transformed into a Hotel
• Requiem for Athos Orthodoxy
• Sanguine blood relations ail Athos
• Should women be allowed to visit Athos?
• To Russian Monastry when the war is finished
• Εσφιγμένου

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