@ReaderJohn Is that a phrase (destination? future?) that has some significance? Not something I’m aware of …
@thedimpause Athos is the monastic heart of Orthodox Christianity, and many Orthodox men (and others) look forward to a pilgrimage there. I imagine an occasional widower might even become a monastic after losing his wife.
@thedimpause Mt Athos is more or less the spiritual center of the Orthodox Church. The whole peninsula is a monastic republic comprising about 20 monasteries.
@JMaxB Thank you - I realised the peninsula was a monastic site but not of its spiritual significance to the Orthodox Church.
@annahavron I’d guess that’s still true of a number of monastic communities of multiple denominations and religions.