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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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A`thos, Mount

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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mountain 6780 ft. high at the southern extremity of the most northerly peninsula of Salonica, in Tur key, covered with monasteries, inhabited exclusively by monks of the Greek Church, and rich in curious manuscripts; the monks devote themselves to gardening, bee-culture, and other rural occupations, the more devout among them at one time celebrated for the edification they derived from the study of their own navels.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'A`thos, Mount'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​a/athos-mount.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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