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Mount Athos - the world forbidden to women

Mount Athos is the only country in the world forbidden to women! For over a thousand years, this remote peninsula in Greece has been inhabited exclusively by Orthodox monks, followers of an ancient spiritual tradition that forbids entry to women, or rather to any living female being. In this episode, we delve into one of the most mysterious and sacred places in the world, the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, to meet the monks who have chosen total isolation from the rest of the world to devote themselves to contemplation and prayer. A journey through ancient monasteries, age-old rituals and the profound spirituality that permeates every corner of this forbidden land. What drives these men to give up everything? And why does Mount Athos remain one of the most inaccessible and mysterious places on the planet?"

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