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Савремени правни статус Свете Горе
The Modern Legal Status Of The Mount Athos

Author(s): Charalampos K. Papastathis
Subject(s): History
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU

Summary/Abstract: The peninsula of Athos in Chalkidiki became a center of organized monachal life in monasteries in the year 963, when with the initiative of the Byzantine emperor Nichephorus Phocas the Monastery of Great Laura was founded. Since that time Mount Athos (=MA) became the "Holy Mountain" and has attracted the moral and material support oft he Byzantine emperors, various Orthodox countries and the flock till today. During this long period of more then one thousand years, MA was armed with a privileged legal status, the existance of which continues till now. The legal sta-tus of MA is based on three foundations: I. The law of the Hellenic Republic, Il. The Public International Law, and Ill. The European Law.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 525-538
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Serbian