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Αυτόνομη Μοναστικὴ Πολιτεία Ἁγίου Ὄρους
Aftonomi Monastiki Politia Agiou Orous

Autonomous Monastic State of Mount Athos

Autonomous State of ‌Greece
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Location of Mount Athos
Location of Mount Athos
Capital Karyes
Government Monarchy
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- From 1991 Bartholomew I
Greek Prefect
- From 2010 Aristos Kasmiroglou
History
May 30, 1913 End of Ottoman suzerainty
September 16, 1926 Constitutional charter
June 11, 1975 Constitution of Greece
Area 335.63 km²
Population
- 2001 2,262
 Density 6.7/km²
Currency Euro
 Ottoman Empire
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The Autonomous Monastic State of Mount Athos is a peninsula with twenty self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries, in northern Greece. Spiritually it comes under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (|), and in secular terms it enjoys its autonomous statehood under the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic.


Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

  • Bartholomew I () (November 2, 1991 - )


Greek Prefect

  • Aristos Kasmiroglou () (May 31, 2010 - )

Nation

Greek Polities

Neighbouring Nations

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