Show M Br i i 1 1 A beardless monk and his donkey I stroll through a street or capital of I Hie monastic Autonomy was granted I to the monks by the Emperors of I it has been respected by all Greek rulers to I this Visitors are welcome to as B long as they are Not even a female animal is permitted within the boundaries I ot the iN hermit of Nos takes ever the washer chores in this world WW The men Hie republic have a choice between the monastery or Detailing Monks at 1 1 Prepare their nets for IA The of peace and tranquili-T m Athos is clearly per-J in the view below harbor of Lavra the 5 monks are setting out r early morning fish-fl A little world in itself a strange world where there is no room for the female of any species is Holy Mount a narrow peninsula 28 miles long that sticks out like a pointing finger into the blue waters of the Aegean Time marches on here as it does in the rest of the But progress stood still nearly a thousand years Today some monks of the Greek Orthodox Church follow the same way of life that was followed by their predecessors in The black-robed monk above is the monastery The Lavra oldest in is in the j fi The bearded hermit is a member of St. Andrew's settlement near He came to Athos early this century and doesn't know what an automobile looks but he has seen those steel monsters called which sometimes fly over 1 j IB ll H V H |