PHOTO COLLECTION: Greece Lifelong Island Monk
PHOTO COLLECTION: Greece Lifelong Island Monk
From left, Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, Ioanna Kape, Head of the Amorgos Port Authority, and Christian Orthodox monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, as dinner is served at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Newly married French couple Thomas and Valentine attend the Divine Liturgy as Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, left, chants as he is reflected on a window inside the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos pets a cat as he leaves the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, seen in the background, in Amorgos Island, Greece, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea is illuminated by the sun during a cloudy day, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon walks at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa as the Aegean Sea is seen on the right, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Wednesday March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, right, Father Antonis and other faithful leave the chapel of Panagia Evangelistria, after participating in Divine Liturgy in Amorgos island, Greece, on Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, center, talks with islanders after the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of Panagia Evangelistria, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
The faithful stand outside the chapel of Panagia Evangelistria, in Amorgos island, Greece, as Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos conducts the Divine Liturgy, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
From left, Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, Ioanna Kape, Head of the Amorgos Port Authority, and Christian Orthodox monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, as dinner is served at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
From left, Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, Ioanna Kape, Head of the Amorgos Port Authority, and Christian Orthodox monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, as dinner is served at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa on Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Emanouil IoaNnou Nomikos, 65, kisses the hand of Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos as he enters a coffee shop while Evagelos Zak, 70, drinks his coffee at Tholaria village , Amorgos Island, Greece, on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon is hugged by islanders as people gather to watch a parade for Greek Independence Day, which commemorates the start of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon of Amorgos, kisses the hand of the son of his nephew Nikitas Vasalos as father Kostas looks on, in Lagada village, Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday, March 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon speaks with a newly married French couple Thomas and Valentine on their way to the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon conducts the Divine Liturgy in the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos island, Greece, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Newly married French couple Thomas and Valentine attend the Divine Liturgy as Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, left, chants as he is reflected on a window inside the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Newly married French couple Thomas and Valentine attend the Divine Liturgy as Constantin Papakonstantinou, an assistant residing at the monastery, left, chants as he is reflected on a window inside the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa in Amorgos island, Greece, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea is illuminated by the sun during a cloudy day, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Orthodox Christian monk Father Spyridon locks the chapel of the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa as the Aegean Sea is seen in the background, in Amorgos island, Greece, on Wednesday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)