Beatiful beaches within reach of Thessaloniki ...Χαλκιδική, πράσινο και γαλάζιο

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Vatopedi monastery... Μονή Βατοπεδίου

(Greek: Βατοπέδι or Greek: Βατοπαίδι) on the Mount Athos was built during the second half of the 10th century, by three monks, Athanasius, Nicholas, and Antonius from Adrianople, who were the pupils of Athanasius the Athonite. A legendary tradition says that its construction was ordered in the 4th century by Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius to honour the miraculous salvation by the Virgin Mary of his son from a shipwreck. The child is said to have been found in a brier bush--hence Vato (brier) Paidi (child).

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." -- Lao Tzu
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