Should women get access to Mount Athos?

Mount Athos is a semi autonomous mountain in northern Greece. There are some 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries on the island and the only inhabitants are monks. Based on a historic agreement with the Greek state, only men are allowed entrance into Mount Athos. Greek human rights activists want to change this. They say that it is discrimination of women.
The dilemma is: Should the old treaty between the monastries and the Greek state be respected (to keep the island for men only) or should Athos be open for both women and men?

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[jivimome]

Q: Should women get access to Mount Athos?

A: NO !

[andrikoshellin]

Listen there is a tradition f over 1000 years, you are not going to cancel that in 2008

[carnation63]

@TheCubicado

well said

[carnation63]

@AlejandroFcBoy

Absolutely not. As a female orthodox christian I do not feel the need to visit MT Athos. It is a place of worship not a tourist attraction for westerners who have no concept of what monastic life is. We MUST respect the wishes of the monks as we expect others to respect ours when they enter our home. Before we make comments we should do some research first and at least be informed.

[hooty42079]

You guys don't get it. There is a womens version of Mt. Athos. If she wants to go to Athos then she can go to the female monistary. Her issue is that she is thinking wickedly and using secular ideology in a real reserved for religion. Be worldly or be Godly, but don't mix the two. As for my earlier post anyone disputing women covering their head as not being Orthodox, can't claim to even know the Holy Scripture. Reasearch this for yourself. I will not argue with ppl who draw uppon thier own idea

[kyriacos40]

Women should get the same respect as men do.For those people who think women are less then a man and should be treated as such.Let me remind you there were many famous Greek women heros who fought for the freedon of Greece from the Turks during the Ottoman Empire.I think first of all the Greek people shouldnt pay for theses monasteries through tax money, the church should pay for these manasteries from there collection plates.

[kyriacos40]

I agree if a women pays taxes to this monastries they should also have the right to be able to see it.First of all why is the people of Greece paying taxes  for these monasteries?

[AlejandroFcBoy]

OF COURSE WOMEN SHOULD GET ACCESS TO MT. ATHOS!

[rucka12]

Must we really succumb to all-popular political correctness, pop psychology and west Euro demands? Looks like money is definitely the lord of this world. So what, sister, if you pay taxes for Mt. Athos??? Do these people even know fundamentals of Orthodox monasticism and the whole purpose of Mt. Athos? Feminist lobbying is definitely at work here. For thousand years it was like this, why abolish it now, it makes no sense -- ohh but but does when you think about it.

[Njzizskmp]

@hooty42079 "Her head would have been covered"??!?!?!?!? Im Ortodox, I live in Ortodox country and our brother nations are Russia and Greece, also Ortodox....I have never heard or seen in my life Ortodox woman that has her head "covered"?!?!??!?! And 90 precent of women I know are ortodox...

What are you talking about...We are not muslims, we have no such rules for women.... Im really interested what is your nationality, which Ortodox church allows women to "cover their head"?!?!?

[hooty42079]

This woman is clearly not Orthodox. If she were her head would have been covered and her humility would keep her from such thinking. She has as much chance of getting into a government restricted area as athos and she pays government taxes. She could complain about that as easily. Humility is the key. if she wants to be around male monks, let her go live monasticly in the mountians. Maybe she will see a hermit and have the humility to walk another way.

[cosmicfile]

these fucking monks came out from womens cunts. and they don't allow women..

fuck them