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Orthodoxy or Death: The fight for Mount Athos

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On Greece鈥檚 Mount Athos, the most holy site in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, lies a rift in the faith. For over 20 years a banned monastery has operated illegally and at times violently towards their sacred community. For Heart and Soul, Nikos Papanikolau visits these excommunicated聽monks ready to become martyrs in order to protect their ultra-orthodox way of life.聽

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