Mount Athos

Mount Athos (/ˈæθɒs/; Greek:Όρος Άθως, Οros Αthos [ˈoros ˈaθos]; Bulgarian-Света Гора; Serbian Cyrillic:Света Гора) is a mountain and peninsula in Northern Greece. A World Heritage Site and autonomous polity within the Hellenic Republic under the official name Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain (Greek:Αὐτόνομη Μοναστικὴ Πολιτεία Ἁγίου Ὄρους, Aftonomi Monastiki Politia Agiou Orous), Mount Athos is home to 20 stauropegial Eastern Orthodox monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.