Why Women are Legally Banned From This Peninsula

[@juandgm6171]

Fun fact: The only man that we know of that has never seen a woman was born here, he didn't even get to see his mom and lived his whole life there, effectively living without seeing a woman in his entire life.

[@salmannazeer2688]

Whoa. How can he be born there if his mom can't go there?

[@juandgm6171]

@@salmannazeer2688 His mom died on his childbirth

[@tristan6509]

@@juandgm6171 yeah but doesn't that mean that he's not born there? He was born somewhere else and brought there as a baby right?

[@juandgm6171]

@@tristan6509 Yup. idk if anyone has even been born there

[@akishtp]

What did he beat off to thinking? Maybe other guys?

[@seanbarry1757]

3:02 there is actually an exception to the “no females of any species” rule. Female cats are allowed because a cat population stops the peninsula from being plaged with rats/mice

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

No rats? I guess that makes Mount Athos the second-largest place in the world that is rat-free.

[@sion8]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 🤔

[@jamesrocket5616]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 What's the first?

[@woahdude5553]

@@jamesrocket5616 the Alberta province in Canada. It's easily the largest rat-free place on earth, around the size of Texas.

[@jerrymiller9039]

Apparantly female rats and mice live there as well

[@stefmyt5062]

Sam should have mentioned that one monk who lived there his entire life, and since his mother died during childbirth he NEVER saw a woman in his entire life.

[@OrpheusWasAPoorBoy]

How did she give birth there, if she isn't allowed?

[@aeiou75]

@@OrpheusWasAPoorBoy Very carefully.

[@thisisfarta9693]

There is always a way. Maybe she gave birth to her son out onto the boat into the arms of the priest and died?

[@Prodawg]

wish i was him

[@PimpCatTV]

Lucky man

[@IMAN7THRYLOS]

As a Greek, I can tell you that Mt Athos is a state within a state. It is part of Greece but no Greek politic laws apply there. Our president, she can't visit this place.

[@RoScFan]

What would be the punishment if she did it anyway?

[@IMAN7THRYLOS]

@@RoScFan Well she is the president and she is vowed to uphold the constitution. As a matter of fact she has studied law and she was a judge for 35+ years and she was a member of the constitutional court. She would never do this. She would never cause a political unrest or a scandal for that reason. She knows better. Besides, she can visit any church and any monastery in Greece, following the presidential protocol of course.

[@StarboyXL9]

@@IMAN7THRYLOS Good for her. If only she could tell the imperious foreigners seething about how there is still a male-only space in the world to shut their big-lipped mouths.

[@Supergecko8]

Based

[@athanassiospagalis913]

Since when is Kyriakos Mitsotakis a woman?

[@ellieclarke6791]

Mihailo Tolotos was a monk who died at 82 and lived on island. He was adopted by the Monks when his mother died giving birth to him. It is believed that he is the only man to never have seen a women

[@ballsackgaming2100]

Based

[@EebstertheGreat]

>a women HAI confirmed

[@D00000T]

The man was too good to even look at women

[@annettemaldonado3373]

The ultimate redditor

[@australium7374]

besides men like myself and the deep redditors

[@michaelpapadopoulos6054]

You didn't mention the extremely severe punishment that women who broke the avaton rule and went to Athos received. They were pretty much just told to leave.

[@vunga8195]

wait who did that?

[@urk3_367]

@@vunga8195 Wife of first Serbian emperor entered in Athos because who could stop her when her husband was so powerful

[@KarolOfGutovo]

Oh the humanity!

[@nunyabiznes33]

Being told by a man to fcuk off? Oh the horror!

[@pashauzan]

How cruel. I can't believe such brutality!

[@stellacollector]

Another fact that many of the comments already mentioned: A monk named Mihailo Tolotos (1856-1938) is believed to be the only monk that had never seen a woman in his entire life. His mother died when he was born, and he was brought up in the monestary in Mount Athos. He also had never seen an automobile, a movie, or an airplane. After he died, the monastery gave him a special burial ceremony because they believed he was the only man in the world never to see a woman.

[@rapeofficial]

*laughs*

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

Sigma monk

[@jovian9711]

based

[@frenchrevenge6406]

Gay

[@doubleoduck3405]

Gigachad

[@mcds6307]

Fun fact: Hitler agreed to be the patron / protector of the peninsula when he conquered Greece. The offer was made to him by My Athos officials to make sure the new ruler would not steal valuables or damage the area. Fun fact 2: women have occasionally been allowed to Mt Athos in times of war and persecution.

[@Banana-wr8dq]

Some of that persecution being made by Hitler himself.

[@weebemo1]

Ask the person doing the prosecution to protect them and hide the people being prosecuted there Mt Athos is actually kinda cool

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Based Hitler?

[@molybdaen11]

This island have no strategic or economic value. So let them life as they want.

[@woodonfire7406]

@@molybdaen11 how about symbolic value?

[@dsteere2303]

Its okay sam we know girls aren't banned from your bedroom, they just choose not to go there

[@wojtekpolska1013]

*NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!* _(except mom)_

[@Mark_Master1]

He chooses to go to their house so they don't have to go through the troubles if going to his house

[@neonbunnies9596]

They're banned due to HAI's personality

[@josuazeroo2011]

Oof

[@CIARUNSITE]

Look the race car bed stays. This is non-negotiable.

[@Dracopol]

The monks of Mount Athos did make an exception during World War 2: they sheltered Greek Jews of both sexes from the Nazis.

[@edwardbrown3721]

Based

[@inxendere]

Based

[@elektronikzmbrtlar1586]

Based

[@chadsworthgigafuck7076]

@@edwardbrown3721 Based

[@artangel420]

Based

[@MegaAgamon]

Mount Athos is like traveling back in time. The Monks who live there live an almost identical lifestyle that they have lived ever since the monastery was founded.

[@samiam619]

I bet they have toilet paper!

[@MegaAgamon]

@@samiam619 keyword being *almost*

[@grosuciprian]

there is 3g(very low bar) there and they do have internet there on laptops (at least the elder at the monastery had one, he was in charge with the restauration of the religious works as well, so he needed internet to get tips from artists and specality supplies delivered to Ouranopolis). Other than that there is electricity, running water, sewage system. They do allow female cats on the Holy Mountain, and hens are tolerated for eggs. They do not eat meat there EVER, but on ocasion they eat fish.

[@internetuser8922]

@@grosuciprian Do you know if they have access to modern medicine like vaccines, antibiotics, anesthetics & analgesics?

[@grosuciprian]

@@internetuser8922 I am a doctor, and we went on the Holy mountain to perform surgery to a old monk, an eye surgery. They have a pharmacy in their "capital" wich is the administrative monastery, and a basic medical facility. For serious/emergency stuff they need to either go on mainland or in the case of the monks that will not leave the site sometimes a full medical team can be arranged by the country that hosts the monastery(they belong to countries like Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia etc). Medical devices need to be flown in usually if they are too large to transport by pickuptruks/4x4 sprinters wich is the transportation on the island, they have very few(7 years ago) paved roads, most are(were) dirt roads and they are very rough, you cannot travel them even with a crossover, most of the cars are pickups or serious offroaders like patros/landcruisers.

[@kimon114]

My grandmother and my aunt (2yo at the time) along several other people, men and women, were granted refuge there for several days while fleeing from the Germans during WWII. The monks are strict but not unreasonable or cruel. If a woman enters, just for spite, she will be asked to leave, failing to do so all doors will be shut, no monk will interact with her, but she will not be harassed nor hurt in any way. Most likely the Police will escort her out. Its their land, their rules.

[@Mauromoustakos]

The prohibition of women presence on Mount Athos is accepted by the European Union. It is an exeption to the freedom of movenment and settlement added in the agreement with which Greece entered the European Union. There is another exeption to the freedom of settlement. No one is allowed to settle in the Alan islands of Finland, so as to preserve their Viking tradition and culture. So, both these exeptions are part of the communaut aquee, or whatever they called it, of the European Union. Since July 1974, turkish barbarian troops invaded and occupy Kypros (Chypre, Zypern). In May 2004, Kypros was to enter the European Union. The alleys of turkey tried to help turkey by imposing an agreement, according to which the freedom of movenment, settlement and owning a property was to be restricted for the occupied area of Kypros. This was the Cofi Anan plan of the United Nations, which in practice was to impose an apparthide. The people of Kypros rejected the plan.

[@alexanderkarvos6728]

​@@Mauromoustakos Swim, Gyro. Swim!

[@Mauromoustakos]

There were women in mount Athos during 11th or perhaps 12th or 13th century. These were wifes and daughters of shepherds, Vlachs, who were supplying the monks with cheese. This is mentioned in the Great Greek Encyclopedia, commonly known as "tou Pyrsou", "tou Drandaki".

[@Mauromoustakos]

@@DrSex-py6iu -- Yes, you are right. The name is Aland. And indeed, it belongs to Finland, not Denmark as my other mistaken impression!!

[@mauromejias8840]

​@@Mauromoustakos no, there is no ban on the presence of women accepted by the European Union but they are not welcome thats mean that local authorities will not guarantee their safety, in fact, the European Union has been pushing a law to remove that ban on women, but ironically They would be violating the rights of the locals....

[@adityaupadhyay7309]

The real virgin islands.

[@delunagaming9966]

Virgin peninsula

[@aquaneutral]

the island for lol players

[@ThePener]

Finally, a place I could find peace in

[@inigohohmeyer1791]

hey hey hey steamy gay monk sex is a thing

[@amandasantini6265]

I can assure there's no virgin there lol

[@sergejukic4954]

Fun fact: There was a woman once on Athos. She was the empress of Serbia and fled from the plague.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

Empress of Serbia? Serbia was never an empire Edit: I have been corrected, turns out it was for a time

[@3bdullah666]

@@scotandiamapping4549 yes it was

[@veovis523]

I think I read somewhere that during her stay at Athos, she was carried around at all times by servants so that she never technically set foot there.

[@turicagamer9951]

@@scotandiamapping4549 It was an empire in the 14th century and even fought a tight war against the ottoman empire, it only collapsed because the king died of a sickness and his son was not yet fit to take over.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

@@turicagamer9951 ok thx

[@vagri2829]

Mount athos is generally a meme among us greek people, when we cant find a girlfriend...

[@dnkal2875]

I am pretty sure it's just you

[@stolyartoad8640]

“ ...among us greek people...” “ ...among us...” SUSSY 😳😳😳😳

[@briangarrow448]

I heard about this monastery decades ago from a Greek guy I worked with in Arizona. I haven’t thought about this place until I watched this segment.

[@shaxxercize8094]

Amogus

[@anti79]

A meme... w h e r e ?

[@ayylmao3498]

A very cool fact about this place is that it's basically the last remaining area of the Roman Empire. The first of the 21 monasteries there was founded by Emperor Nicephoros Phocas and he asked for a cell to be kept for him but he never made it there since he was murdered. The door of this monastery, Great Lavra, was taken from the emir's palace at Crete, which Nicephoros reconquered, and can still be seen there today. Almost all, if not all, of the monasteries there were built while the area was still part of the Roman Empire and the way of life there has barely changed since then.

[@bobbobby3085]

Wow thats super interesting

[@ferretyluv]

So it’s the rump state of the Byzantine Empire.

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

​@@ferretyluvyeah it's the last vestige of the eastern Roman empire.

[@AlexOfTheWoods99]

As a young Orthodox male, I'm constantly asked by older people whether I've visited Athos yet

[@Nearly_Quality]

Well, have you?

[@NoodleProductions]

Oh! Your’e a young, Orthodox male? Have you been to Athos yet?

[@zaxarispetixos8728]

Have you been to athos yet?

[@blitzn00dle50]

you been to athos yet?

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

Oh is it because you can't get any bitches?

[@SerbAtheist]

There have been some violations to the rule. Female refugees were allowed to seek temprorary shelter during times of conflict and Serbian Emperor Dušan, upon conquering most of what is today northern and central Greece, insisted on bringing his wife along when he visited Mount Athos.

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

Empress was carried entire time, so technically she didn't touch the Mt. Athos.

[@NavyVet9702]

His insistence is what led to the coining of the phrase, "What a Duš (douche)!"

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

@@reichtangleanschluss509 didn't they get excommunicated by patriarch of constantinopole after that?

[@magodeluna]

It is called exceptions

[@Ultra289]

@@reichtangleanschluss509 but she was inside the territory right?

[@LuxisAlukard]

In 1345 Helen, wife of Serbian Emperor Stefan Dusan, was carried around Mount Athos (aka Holy Mountin), so she technically didn't set foot on forbidden grounds

[@enderman_666]

And he promptly got excommunicated by the Patriarch of Constantinople for that. Well, that's potentially one of the reasons, more pressing matters would've been his unilateral elevation of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the rank of a patriarchate and his claim to the imperial title.. aaand the fact that he conquered a good chunk of Byzantine territory.

[@LuxisAlukard]

@@enderman_666 And he blinded his father. That's not really christian-like.

[@scotandiamapping4549]

When was Serbia an empire?

[@madpod5]

@@scotandiamapping4549 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Empire

[@andin3720]

@@scotandiamapping4549 It was an empire in the 14th century and today in the minds of some nationalist youtube commenters.

[@lk2704]

"Why am I not allowed, I'm male!!" "Sorry, but it says here you're Slovenian"

[@aarengraves9962]

I dont get it can you explain?

[@dr.vikyll7466]

@@aarengraves9962 r/2balkan4you

[@greekin2space387]

@@dr.vikyll7466 RIP 2balkan4you

[@frigidlava617]

@@dr.vikyll7466 rip

[@aristassofficial]

Cause they're racists

[@fakename2336]

"greek peninsulas are technically part of greece" man of wisdom right here

[@manikchris3638]

What a schoking discovery

[@UhDUUUHlol]

In other news: water is wet.

[@s29nv1sr1]

The floor here is made out of floor

[@tinuvielx]

The sky is blue

[@KlaussMarcellus]

@@tinuvielx mine is currently black huh

[@matthew8505]

Mary: cool island Monks: That means no girls allowed!!

[@xander1052]

peninsula*

[@AlexAhmedov]

It's marys land shes the only woman allowed

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

sounds like my house

[@mattearenzi8972]

@@DyslexicMitochondria Hey bro I watch ur videos. Love your channeI

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Monks: if any girls come to this island i will tell on you to mary and she'll be REALLY MAD

[@DarkKnight-wf3po]

"No females of any species allowed" Laughs in ants

[@sweetsourorange]

Laughs in microscopic organism

[@kuutti256]

​@@sweetsourorangeMost microscopic organism have no sexes

[@LinkRammer]

Relatable

[@greenghoul157]

Laughs in snails which are hermaphrodites

[@Crafty_Breeze]

Laughs in bee

[@comradeimperium5717]

Karen: “take me to your Manager” Lightning strike’s Monk: there is our manager

[@rioscordoba606]

God: you called, now begone foul creature!!!!!!

[@comradeimperium5717]

@@rioscordoba606 the based blessed holy Manager

[@whquarters8468]

But who exactly is this Mr. Lightning Strikes?

[@based.ethiopian]

@@whquarters8468 God.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@photosinensis]

Been there! Wonderful place to visit, actually--if you're into monks and Christian liturgies and all sorts of historical religious artifacts. I've even walked along the literal 20 meter concrete law. That said, there are plenty of female animals living there, including cats--they tend to be wild, but domestic honeybees do exist in large numbers, as do plenty of female goats and hens. Some monasteries don't keep female animals, but that's not generically the rule.

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

So do they let Non-Christian men in there?

[@abraxaskabrakas6098]

@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH I think yes

[@willnboysgeorges7086]

Only orthodox Christians there and I am one.

[@abraxaskabrakas6098]

to back up my answer a bit. I do live in an greek-orthodox society and one day a local priest was talking about mount athos. I remember him saying that it is a spiritual place that gets visitors of many religions not just orthodox. though im not 100% sure because its almost 10 years since then

[@Bascanska_Ploca]

@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH yes

[@stuckonaslide]

*sticks "no girlz allowed!" sign on the beach* "yep, that'll do it."

[@dummythiccburger3242]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3OqeoRtj9qon7c

[@eu.co.5627]

Narrator: That did in fact "do it"

[@stuckonaslide]

@@dummythiccburger3242 you got me good, i’ll admit it.

[@altrogeruvah]

My uncle, as well as my 33yo psychoanalyst friend, spent 6 months each in Άγιο Όρος (Mount Athos), they both had the time of their life. Visitors need to pull their weight around by helping the monks by cooking, cleaning, working in the garden etc. Also, monks are really awesome cooks and hold very deep philosophical conversations with the monks every afternoon over bread and wine (my friend went there basically for that very reason). Lastly, despite there not being road access to Mount Athos, there are cars in the peninsula with unique autonomous license plates.

[@Monkechnology]

Sounds like an amazing place. I'm a catholic but I'd love to go there at least once.

[@johangambleputty7658]

@@Monkechnology you'll come back Orthodox, brother.

[@epoh3334]

@VICTORY UNENDING unless your a woman

[@Linktothepast83]

@Roza Huber Setting aside the religious "reasons" (more like excuses to me) the real reason is that not many monks would stay there as monks if there was a parade of women around them. I mean that you should probably feel flattered since they indirectly admit how difficult it is for them to live without women in their lives that they would easily drop the monastery if they were around.

[@savioblanc]

@@johangambleputty7658 well since there are Orthodox Rite Churches within the Catholic Church, he really could

[@sm2273]

That's where the Based Department is located.

[@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059]

A place where Sigma's can grind without women interfering

[@commanderzavala9328]

I'm packing my bags

[@DxvinderSingh1699]

@@commanderzavala9328 can I come with

[@commanderzavala9328]

@@DxvinderSingh1699 Indeed.

[@RandomPerson-hd6wr]

yes

[@thefreshmj2247]

Mount Athos is like the end boss for the ultimate Karen

[@nunyabiznes33]

"I want to talk to your God!"

[@knightmarespawn2690]

@@nunyabiznes33 "I'm sorry, Ma'am, but He's busy."

[@StarboyXL9]

@@knightmarespawn2690 "You'll have to come back after Armageddon."

[@comradeimperium5717]

@@nunyabiznes33 Lightning strike’s

[@sweetsourorange]

@@nunyabiznes33that actually sounds like a pretty Christian person though “Let me talk to the lord”

[@DISCONSOLATION]

sigma males dont actually exist right? mount athos:

[@Freekymoho]

Get in on that orthodox grindset

[@knightmarespawn2690]

@@Freekymoho #OrthodillionareGrindset

[@StarboyXL9]

@@Freekymoho Unfathomably based

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

@@knightmarespawn2690 Holy based

[@comradeimperium5717]

Holy Chad based

[@Saltiren]

"My son Jesus, who is also god" oh shit he's trying to spark new Ecumenical debates!

[@jairiske]

Hehe love this

[@Ondra273]

That's a pretty settled question in Christianity.

[@Jehty_]

@@Ondra273 and what's the conclusion?

[@f.4248]

@@Jehty_ the Holy Trinity.

[@Jehty_]

@@f.4248 And that means what?

[@austo3630]

Every dad/uncle/grandpa joke ever: this is the best place in the world.

[@StarboyXL9]

Grandpa? I'm pretty sure it's all Zoomers and Millenials cracking those jokes!

[@yeetman1277]

@@StarboyXL9 nah,millennials and zoomers would love their wife and wouldn't get married just because they were told to. This "joke" is said by people who hate their marriage

[@ollikoskiniemi6221]

@@yeetman1277 millenials and zoomers are gay af and besides would never get married until they reach the boomer age

[@yeetman1277]

@@ollikoskiniemi6221 are you using gay as an insult or stating a fact?

[@ThrillaWhale]

@@yeetman1277 Both 😌

[@danicic87]

Mt. Athos ( sveta gora -> Holy mountain on serbian ) keep their authonomy hrought all Otoman period and a lot of medival serbian / greek / bulgarian history from medival era is preserved because of that ...

[@Miltiades178]

In greek its also Holy Mountain Άγιον όρος

[@Miltiades178]

@daniel halachev I mean, they both have the same alphabet base so yeah

[@MarcoS-ow3gs]

@@Miltiades178 It‘s the same in Romanian. Sântu Munte

[@The-Samuil]

@danielhalachev4714 the funny thing is that the word gora has changed its meaning from mountain to forest in Bulgarian

[@kraljsrbije1974]

​@@The-Samuilit means forest same in serbian

[@SaintsAwayOllie]

Finally someone followed CGP Gray up on “that part of Greece where it’s totally illegal to ban women, but thats a story for another time”

[@Rerbun]

Do you remember in which video he mentioned that?

[@Labyrinth6000]

CGPGray is a smuck now, he’s too scared to make the Native American video because he brought political correctness and he hates the EC, speaking from a guy who lives in Europe…

[@commoncoolchannel8588]

@Paladin's Revenge bruh, didn't know you hated public health so much you're unhappy when somebody gets immunity against a disease that's killed 3 million people in 1.5 years.

[@SaintsAwayOllie]

Ruben S. it was from his EU explained video

[@missingtexturez]

@Paladin's Revenge ok,don't blame us for you or your kid getting polio and dying from your attempt at curing it with a fairy tale remedy

[@twinsen1949]

Petittion to set up an official, purposefully bad-written sign made of wood that says "No girls allowed" on Mount Athos, pls.

[@rock4cheese]

I would visit just to see the sign

[@Rawmusse]

"No gurlz allowed"

[@The-Plaguefellow]

"No gorlz alowd!!!!!" - Some Virgin Monks

[@wojtekpolska1013]

*NO GIRLS ALLOWED!!!* _(except mom)_

[@Dino-lemon265]

Hundredth like 👌

[@okamiexe1501]

"I dont like your religion. Change it" "...No"

[@fivzzzz]

How about I don't like your religion because it's inherently sexist and oppressive to so many people, so change it

[@NaViAgain-ts9lj]

@@fivzzzz uhhhh no

[@rafaelgonzalez6649]

At least they ain’t blowing themself up killing unbelievers like that other religion.

[@awesomespartanviking3002]

@@fivzzzz No

[@siamerr]

@@fivzzzz No

[@Glassandcandy]

I guess that makes Mt Athonos the last surviving vestige of the Eastern Roman (I.e. Byzantine) empire the same way Vatican City is the last surviving vestige of the western Roman Empire. Neat. Roma aeterna est

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

*San Marino crying in the corner*

[@coolchocolatecake1718]

Rome is eternal.

[@willtherealgeorgemichaelpl5879]

It is the living breathing Byzantium.

[@paulmayson3129]

No, the Athonite Peninsula was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. If you want a direct continuation of the Roman State, that is in the Mani Peninsula of Greece, which survived as a free and independent entity throught the entirety of the Turkish Occupation, and was instrumental in the creation of the Greek State, to which it merged in union. Hence, Modern Greece is Rome, Roma Est Aeterna .

[@willtherealgeorgemichaelpl5879]

@@paulmayson3129 Mani fell to the Turks also! Whats that got to do with anything. You foreighners think you know our history better than us. YANKEE GO HOME!!!

[@_DD_15]

Fun fact: no person was born there for more than 1000 years. Crazy

[@juanaparicio3116]

@Videoms he was brought there as a baby

[@jaredvazquez9448]

The only place in Europe that is free of cooties

[@rkeogh3467]

Nah bro you forgot my bedroom

[@that1niceguy246]

@@rkeogh3467 same

[@rachelcookie321]

Got male cooties though

[@rkeogh3467]

@@rachelcookie321 nah bro we got a vaccine for that now

[@StarboyXL9]

Exquisitely based and exceptionally no-cooties-pilled.

[@Zlonk7]

Fun fact: in Serbia our government and everyone else in the country uses the Gregorian calendar but our holidays are on the Byzantine calendar so we have a different Christmas

[@Violaa707]

Wait, it's not confusing? Idk I'm curious

[@simargl614]

@@Violaa707 Serbian Orthodox Church uses revised julian calendar, it is revised by Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković in 1923.

[@Violaa707]

thank you for both of you :D

[@DonKrieg-382]

it counts all of orthodox i believe

[@l.m6038]

In Georgia it's exactly the same 🇷🇸🇬🇪☦

[@lysergenica]

how do they keep female birds or insects away

[@trendbaazi5676]

They don't.. they give up

[@farateq]

they kill every animal and insect to ever go on that island, just to be safe /j

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

I really doubt any of the monks will see bee sex and get horny because of it

[@sirBrouwer]

@@DANtheMANofSIPA bee's are the only female animals they actively keep. (for the fertilisation of the herbs garden.

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

@@sirBrouwer And for honey.

[@vichkar3680]

Petition to rename the peninsula to "gamers mountain"

[@AshrakAhmed]

Nah "Mount Athos" sounds like a cool gaming dig!

[@vunga8195]

that would be pretty funny greece we are waiting

[@sanmarino8605]

I would make 1,000,000 accounts to sign that petition

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Mount St. Virgin

[@Prodawg]

finally some representation for the most opressed group

[@islandplace7235]

"Please change your ancient traditions so Twitter don't yell at us pls" -EU

[@Dan_Kanerva]

average fan of beta politicians that bend the knee to social media vs average chad monks enjoyer

[@galaxy9501]

It's not ancient..

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@galaxy9501 anything older than 1000 years can be considered "ancient"

[@galaxy9501]

@@Dan_Kanerva when talking about 'ancient' and 'greece' we are usually referring to ancient greece

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@galaxy9501 and when talking about people who love pedantic semantics we are usually referring to you 😊

[@WERTYUIO821]

There is an old say/joke here in Greece that says, you go to the first peninsula of Chalkidiki to find a girl, the second with your girl and the last if your girl allows it. Basically the West most peninsula is popular for singles, the middle one is popular for couples and the East most is where women are banned.

[@hrgames6978]

As a person who went to a Greek Orthodox middle school, we watched a documentary on it and the female teacher (religion teacher) said that she was fine not being able to go

[@StarboyXL9]

Realistically, it's just a peninsula. No real reason to go there.

[@leonrussell262]

@@StarboyXL9 Realistically Greece is just a peninsula.

[@V1489Cygni]

​@@leonrussell262realistically, isn't "everywhere" somewhere else's peninsula and vice versa?

[@firstcynic92]

1:31. There are roads going into the area. They're just mostly unpaved. There are no gas stations, hotels or restaurants (there is 1 grocery store).

[@eko2418]

Finally, the Kingdom of Reddit!

[@anas100x]

Underrated

[@REEEPROGRAM]

This will blow up soon

[@LeventK]

@@anas100x Not quite, it's already on top.

[@z0er1c]

And Ifunny

[@johncleese-mogg365]

More successful Reddit island

[@GumaroRVillamil]

Fun fact: in the 1300's the Byzantine Emperor hired the Great Catalan Company to fight the Turks in Anatolia. They ran afoul of each other and the Emperor had the mercenary leader killed. In response, the company occupied parts of Greece for 80 years (Duchies of Athens and Neopatria). As a result of this occupation, the monks of Mt. Athos also banned Catalan citizens from entering. This ban was lifted only in 2000.

[@lepen_macron]

why ban catalans?

[@jorgebarriosmur]

@@lepen_macron The bulk the great Catalan Company were catalan "almogavars" , or people from near areas who spoke related lenguages had similar culture (and looked like catalans to the greek people), and were part of the territorys under the administration of the Crown of Aragon (a political entity similar to the UK, where every Kingdom had his own institutions, but they all had a common King and similar culture). This "almogavars" (a word that came from the abaric lenguage and ment "they ones who wage war") were mountain and frontier people, used to live in the disputed territories between the islamic and the christian states, and lived almost exclusively from raids, asaults,, pillage and their work as mercenaries. The havoc they caused in the Byzantine Empire (after their leaders were invited to a dinner and k*lled by the agents of the Emperor) was considerable, and there methods and manners of conquest, rude, to the point that they would make todays Talibans (or even th IDF in Gaza), look like a bunch of boy scouts. It got so bad, that for several centuries the expresion " May the catalan revenge catch up top you", was one of the worst curses you could say to someone in that area. That`s why........

[@diesel9324]

It’s okay. The men can hang out at Mount Argos and the women can hang out at Themyscira.

[@ross-carlson]

At least you and I hope others realize that Themyscira is fairy tale, just like all "god(s)" and "devils". Sad people not only fall for this bronze age bullshit but they actually let it's hateful book inform the way they live their lives. It's 2021 people, time to leave fairy tales in the past.

[@Quidington]

Ross Carlson What a cynical way of looking at it.

[@missingtexturez]

@@ross-carlson I need you to tell some other replyer that vaccines work

[@missingtexturez]

@@ross-carlson they commented under SaintsAwayOllie's comment and use the phrase tool a ton

[@riograndedosulball248]

@@ross-carlson "it's 2021" After who?

[@Vei_]

Anti-simp policy

[@InquisitorThomas]

“We only Simp for Jesus.” -Orthodox Priests

[@withersheep9009]

I mean it is extreme simping. They banned women because of Mary who never even spoke to them

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

When woman calls you incel and says "you must be fun at parties huh?" you can just send her photo of you chilling with the monks is the Mount of Sigmas

[@nickchavez720]

The og sigma male mind set. Cast aside women and all mateiral distractions. Focus just on achieveing innner peace and a better understanding of God.

[@voodoodolll]

@@nickchavez720 Not even religious but that sounds pretty good. Do they have internet?

[@lain7758]

@@voodoodolll why have internet when you can harmonically sync your thoughts with your mates and Jesus?

[@tonpap]

@@voodoodolll they do have internet

[@azok718]

@Paul Martin ?

[@cussingcats7748]

Monks: We just want to be left alone to do things our own way. Everyone else: Whoa! Mind blown! Holy shit! Is that allowed?

[@sharksona]

because “their own way” is forceful exclusion of half the human population on the basis of something out of their control 💀 i don’t really have any strong emotions cuz tbh i don’t. care. but i don’t see why it’s unreasonable for people to be intrigued and captivated by a place that literally doesn’t allow women?? lmfao

[@jivejunior8753]

*female seagull lands on island shore* The monks: Wait, that’s illegal

[@Zlonk7]

I mean they allow female wild animals because if they didn't the ecosystem would get wrecked and Mary would get mad at them for wrecking the peninsula, and most of the monasteries allow female goats and chickens for milk and eggs and female cats to kill all the mice and rats

[@reddrahvett623]

It instantly disintegrates

[@educationalporpoises9592]

Ill eagle

[@piggynatorcool668]

@@reddrahvett623 turns into a pillar of salt

[@2Links]

I've heard of this, and always wanted to know more about it.

[@Rdabosss]

60 minutes did a good special with interviews and tours. You can find it on yt

[@michaelmelendez5220]

Reverse gerudo town

[@vasiliskaranos605]

There is a documentary called Athos on KZbin, you should watch ti

[@radiokunio3738]

My question is considering what Buddhist monks do, i wonder how many femboys exist there as a loop hole?

[@andreasitarica469]

It's a very interesting story...I managed to see Athos from a few kilometers away (I'm a girl) a couple of years ago. Beautiful place indeed. You can probably find more info on it here on youtube

[@kostisk4019]

Visiting Agio Oros (Άγιο Όρος, translated as Holy Mountain) is super interesting. Women can actually enter up to a certain point, but they cannot wear pants or revealing clothes. They provide long skirts at the entrance. Men also cannot enter wearing jeans and stuff, only cotton pants. I went as a kid, it's a beautiful monastery and lots of tourists visit it. The monks in there are hardcore as fuck, they take it very seriously.

[@chris.8165]

Women are not allowed on Mt. Athos. There are no such Long Skirts at the ports. Having been to Mt. Athos myself, I can also say with certainty that, at least of the Monastery I spent time at, they did not seem to care about Jeans. Why must you lie?

[@sweetsourorange]

Wait really?

[@lesocialiste9350]

@@sweetsourorange not true, he is talking rubbish, in fact nobody can enter without a permit, it's easy to enter as an orthodox male, it might take some patience in the queue as an "unbeliever" male, no women allowed not so ever.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

Are pants too sexy for the monks?

[@chris.8165]

@@amazinggrapes3045 He's making stuff up. No women are allowed ever. Men are allowed to wear jeans.

[@pallasathena7372]

In medieval times some Catalonian mencenaries pillaged the place because they were not satisfied with the payment of Constantinople. Anyway, Catalonians were banned from traveling to Mount Athos untill the 2000s .

[@gnas1897]

They shouldn't have lifted the ban 😂

[@theboi7064]

I went there while on vacation to Greece, it was a really nice trip and one of the monks gave me a picture of Saint Luke because I have the same name.

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

'Jesus gave this land to Mary, which his worshippers respected by banning any woman from visiting it ever again'

[@trla6505]

In another world olny women are allowed in the peninsula

[@ikengaspirit3063]

Only one woman per sovereign territory

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@ikengaspirit3063 sHe'S muH KweEn!

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

*Yes.*

[@yibithehispanic]

Yes, because there's Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, in one side, and then in the other side is the rest of the female population.

[@kets4443]

Mums to boys: why don't you talk to girls? Boys: Why are you even here, this is Mount Athos

[@StarboyXL9]

Mount Athos: the perfect place to hide from Mom when the dishes need to be done

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

As a Cypriot man, I actually want to go some days there after the pandemic, rent a room and pray with the priests. When I was a a teenager I was doing a vegan diet 40 days before Christmas, 63 days before Easter and 15 days before the Ascendance of Holy Mary. I think one of those would be the holy days I should go and I will need to prepare myself mentally and physically before receiving Holly Communion.

[@razvy6949]

- I'm going at Mt Athos - Why? - My presence was requested at the Based HQ

[@lbster6088]

Pilgrimage to the core of basedness.

[@christianwhittall5889]

Didn’t realise that Greece was so based

[@gabrielmefsoutis2037]

Really??

[@Zlonk7]

It's all of orthodoxy since basically every orthodox country except Romania who lost their monastery has one or more monasteries on the island. Our Serbian monastery was built by the first ruler of our most important dynasty with the help of our most important religious figure Stefan Nemanja and Saint Sava respectively in 1198

[@StarboyXL9]

Orthodox are as based as based can be.

[@xXSpaceMexicanXx]

"women? Nah."

[@morganyu9128]

@@Zlonk7 romanian vatopedu go brrrrrrr

[@outofahat9363]

Finally a place where a sigma male can grind without distractions

[@cyanproductions4517]

If only they would set up locally

[@leonrussell262]

No. Why do gamers think this is the place for them? Its not. Just based on your comment it would take years for you to reach the right mentality to be able to live there. Start by not playing any video games. Yeah didn't think so. You don't belong there.

[@sweetsourorange]

Bro it’s just a monastic territory with a bunch of monks stop trying to make a bunch of monks “sigma” 💀

[@amazinggrapes3045]

​@@leonrussell262you are so FUCKING funny

[@BurePiva]

To us, orthodox christians, Mt Athos is equivalent to what High Hrothgar is for the nords, if anyone played Skyrim..

[@lbster6088]

A fellow orthodox christian skyrim enjoyer!

[@BurePiva]

@@lbster6088 Mead's on me kinsman!

[@damagingthebrand7387]

But do the Greek monks blow you off the peninsula with their voice?

[@Peashooter521]

I'm pretty sure orthodox monks don't tear reality apart just by speaking.

[@damagingthebrand7387]

@@Peashooter521 The people who do are the Zen-Sunni wanderers.

[@legendsnakeman6226]

Believe me, my home is like this autonomous region...

[@nullvoid564]

What do the monks think of the guys hiding from their current and or Ex wife.

[@REEEPROGRAM]

Fun fact: A woman once disguised herself as a man and entered there, forgot the name tho (yeah it's a true story)

[@titan9259]

It was mentioned in a geography now episode

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

I don't doubt it!

[@REEEPROGRAM]

@@titan9259 lol i also watched it, barbs really made geography more interesting tho

[@xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844]

There's been at least two women who disguised themselves to enter, and a few more who were there (but not disguised). The two disguised women were Maryse Choisy in the 1930s, and Cora Miller in 1953.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

@@Vii905 rude?! Seriously?!

[@maxtothebest]

I literally visited it yesterday and thought that you should make a video about this.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Wow, you visited Sam's bedroom?

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 That doesn't sound right. Unless they are Sam & Max.

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

Is it great? Share your experiences!

[@ooooneeee]

Thank you for making it happen

[@ianeons9278]

Fun Fact: Mount Athos actually has a lot of Serbian Kings buried there, because both countries are Orthodox.

[@Mark-D751]

In Greece we call this "Agion oros (the holy mountain)"

[@bigmac8230]

We don’t care :)

[@Фниксъ]

@@bigmac8230 Why are you here then?

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

In Cyprus too

[@geokeo3263]

@@bigmac8230 imagine how boring and bad your life must be to comment that you don't care when you obviously do

[@bigmac8230]

@@geokeo3263 salty Greek?

[@TV-vz7rf]

“On Athos, there is no sadness, because there is no woman.”

[@vunga8195]

who said that

[@secondlieutenan]

Huh

[@ab-zg8pt]

Who said that?

[@alexpolo7864]

Me

[@counterfit5]

@@vunga8195 Bob Marley

[@athena9098]

a Greek monk who lived there, never saw a woman in his life *GIGACHAD*

[@hpsmash77]

tbh, he didn't have a life of that's so, no offence

[@roflcopterIII]

So, there's actually also another exception animal wise. The monks of mt Athos sell honey, which obviously relies on female honeybees to produce.

[@dirremoire]

Bees are not "animals". They're insects

[@LAndrewsChannel]

@@dirremoire By most dictionary definitions, they are: "a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli".

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

@@dirremoireI will inflict a curse upon you, foolish oaf.

[@hellaspatriot2733]

They have their own cool police force with doubled headed eagle fezzes. The monestaries are super beautiful and I would hate it if it were to change.

[@baileypuppy9300]

sigma grindset rule 678: never give women the joy of being looked at and dont even achknowledge women

[@StarboyXL9]

Saved

[@galaxy9501]

Virgin alert

[@-fv]

@@galaxy9501 grinder alert*

[@galaxy9501]

@@-fv ok incel

[@azok718]

@@galaxy9501 Sigma alert*

[@2dorable]

I met two women once there. They were abandoned by some Turks who promised to take them to Italy, they are from the Republic of Moldova, not in the European Union, they paid 2 guides who promised to take them to work in Italy with a boat, of course illegal . When they got there, it was quickly rumored that two women entered the land of Athos and all the monastery closed the gates until the police took them out. I don't know what happened to them but they thought they were in Italy.

[@Ptolemy336VV]

Mount Athos is the only Monastic state in the world. And utterly incredible. Combine breathtaking mountain scenery and sea scenery and 20 big monasteries each special

[@JoecountryGaming]

Love the people who are talking about Mt Athos like some kind of evil fort when its not.

[@ferdiansyahhilmi3016]

The uneducated fear the unknown 😂

[@Lakshay70]

All my homies packing their bags rn for a trip to Athos

[@Miltiades178]

Get ready to wake up at 4:30 and then go to church in COMPLETE DARKNESS for 3 hours

[@JimboPresi22]

@@Miltiades178 depends on how strictly they follow the canons on the monastery. Αν πάει Γρηγόριου δεν θα χρειαστεί

[@teob.3130]

Really best place for gay people, wait til you experience the monk orgies 👌

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

@@Miltiades178 at around 4:30 i wake up every day to help parents milk cows and im pretty shure greece is in same timezone as where i live so seems fine, time to become ultimate sigma male

[@caspermcgoangle975]

@@teob.3130 I was wondering why all the monks immediately took off their clothes when i got there

[@WallyGarcia]

The KZbin algorithm is wrong, I do like that stuff.

[@ridleyroid9060]

As A Serb this monastery is common knowledge, as it is an important monastery for us (specifically Hilandar).

[@smilingipad3044]

Pack your bags boys, we're moving 😈

[@tahahagar7664]

yessir 😈

[@StarboyXL9]

Right behind you!

[@Raditz102]

@@tahahagar7664 I’m auth right

[@ferbintegabriel4714]

Oh yea man

[@Beurglessse]

Ok, virgins

[@moimoi6374]

3:08 I have read that hens are specifically legal in the région specifically for their eggs

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

Eggs are used in icons (egg tempera paintings) and as a food.

[@moimoi6374]

@@reichtangleanschluss509 and female cats are allowed because they hunt rats and other pests

[@lollertoaster]

Rules exist until they are inconvenient to those following them.

[@bjoom5800]

‎*spits cereal* goodbye mom!

[@grecothegekko]

The issue of “no female animals” is an urban myth. The reason why meat and dairy is imported is because it is impossible for someone to both be a monk and farmer/shepherd (both are full time jobs)

[@raphaelledesma9393]

Oh. Do Orthodox monks not have hours set aside for working in farms? I ask since Catholic monks theoretically do (the smaller the monastery, the more likely they do much of the farmwork themselves).

[@lesocialiste9350]

@@raphaelledesma9393 Greco is wrong here, all monks have employment, a task given to them, some tend farms, other handle the kitchen, some "progressive" monasteries even have a secretariat with computers.

[@vespelian5769]

I spent eleven days their in 1989. It was like hanging out in ancient Byzantuim, and I witnessed a speedboat full of of women approaching the shore at Daphne, the mountain's tiny port, by Athos's solitary policeman. Though one monastery did have a mother cat with a litter of kittens.

[@nacelnikprosiak1260]

Cats are allowed so that there wont be too many rats

[@letsknow3753]

11th comment : Mount Athos is the larger religious version of Sam's bedroom. Edit: Thanks for more than 100 likes

[@mrszmatan2727]

Ah yes, typical EU mindset. I never was there, I don't plan to go there, and I never will be there. But I will talk about how they need to change their law, culture and religious acts because it's against my worldview. Audacity of those people is unreal.

[@namelessnarrator7271]

I know right? If you're a girl you can still sail around the peninsula and look at it's beauty. There are also pictures and videos of it and if I'm not wrong there's a monastery for women outside of the border. Girls in Greece don't really mind if they can't get in. It is mostly foreigners bitching about it.

[@whsprLenYT]

"Typical EU mindset" racism much?

[@tvojaprababa]

@@whsprLenYT n o

[@NN-rw2vn]

@@whsprLenYT how can you be racist towards an economical union pls explain

[@ColdFires218]

@@whsprLenYT Do you even know what racism is? Jesus Christ!

[@its_konna8717]

As a woman in Greece, trust me the majority of Greek women don't give a single fuck about not being allowed to go there, we don't see a reason in going there in general.

[@uusername5502]

Greek girls are the best,as an Albanian man i find them very fascinating 😁

[@ΑνδρέαςΒρόντζος]

This comment section is about to become Greek property sooner or later, leave it up to the KZbin algorithm lmao

[@caioaugusto3138]

Your numbers are too little to do that unfortunately.

[@Flazerie]

Nah

[@naivety]

Something about referencing anything greek brings out our conquerous Alexandr the Great blood.

[@yurisv7315]

Just like Constantinopole.

[@KiNGGAMESgr]

I CLAIM THIS COMMENT SECTION IN THE NAME OF KING GEORGE I AND IN THE NAME OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC

[@danycashking]

I don't think taking it up to the ECtHR would work because traditionally the ECtHR does often take into consideration even controversial cultural nuances, i'd say the CJEU would be more likely, purely on a discrimination basis, to overturn it but they would be hesitant to go against an explicit exception in the treaties, they usually only do that for very big exceptions that have far-reaching consequences.

[@sion8]

Since the exceptions are in the treaties, they literally can't overturn any of it. They can only disapprove and ask for the treaties to be amended and that's it.

[@axilleas]

What Sion8 said is correct, plus in Greece we have a long standing tradition of ignoring EU courts’ decisions (such as the ones regarding waste disposal) so even if they ruled against it there’s not much they could do to enforce it.

[@sion8]

@@axilleas Wait, what? What about waste disposable?

[@JimboPresi22]

+ overruling against it would also be discriminatory on a religious basis. If a woman wants to experience a monastery she can always visit a male or a female monastery outside of Athos. There are literally another 8 monasteries spread out in chalkidiki, without even going near the Athos border

[@sion8]

@@JimboPresi22 Sexism does supersede religious rights, which will be the view taken. So, no you're wrong.

[@makouras]

As a Greek graduate of law school, I'd like to say that all this is thoroughly researched and 100% legally accurate. Good job, Sam

[@Alinamartinez--]

I just don't get why people find it stupid. It doesn't affect you in any way

[@HawkThunder907]

If they give in, it would pull the entire tourism industry in and destroy everything.

[@madgicarp7923]

The European Court of Human Rights doesn't actually have any association with the EU and is a body separate from it. Its rulings are generally non-binding (for most countries in Europe who haven't put its sovereignty into law). To have the ban overturned, there would need to be a judgement by the European Court of Justice, which is itself part of the EU and whose rulings are binding.

[@nothernstar2576]

perhaps, but since Mount Athos is autonomous from Greece and not a member of EU, ECJ can't do anything about it, because even if they tell Greeks to lift the ban, they can't legally do it

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@nothernstar2576 yep , good to know that peoples with common sense still exists

[@nothernstar2576]

@@GTAandApplechannel well, I mean, they are monks, and being honest, you would rather move this whole peninsula with ypur bare hands than make them do something that goes against their beliefs. And I think it's ok, they are after all a sovereign state of sorts, and even if they weren't, it's technically their property, and they can do whatever they want with it

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@nothernstar2576 yup, you're right

[@LordSoulSicarious]

And even that doesn't work because even though the ECJ likes to claim primacy over all EU law, as it so happens, constitutional law outranks treaties in most countries. The EU can't override a constitution unless the constitution specifically allows for it. Best they can do is fine a country for not having a compliant constitution.

[@GreenFaceMT]

Mountain where women are legally banned: Elementary kids: We go to mount athos!

[@system3335]

Went there once and wrote a whole chapter about it in my book - walked through the mountain in pitch black one night only using an iphone torchlight, was a pretty cooked experience

[@p1peb0mbb]

Went to mount Athos 2 years ago and it was beautiful. Thinking about going again next year

[@007speedcuber]

Everything else aside, the '4 day work week' in iceland is kind of a myth. They cut each day down a couple hours for an extremely limited number of employees. We don't all work 4 days a week.

[@FrostFireTiger]

The Greeks invented the Island of Women (The Amazons), why not a Peninsula of Men.

[@Perririri]

Jeff Bezos should own the island!

[@StarboyXL9]

Peninsula of Men The Peninsula is truly a fitting shape of a landmass to be owned exclusively by men.

[@Miltiades178]

In greek its "technically" called: Holy Mountain

[@simplesimon8255]

Gamers be like: “pack ur bags.”

[@Avatinfernus]

Hell no. I bet the internet there is slow as fuck

[@ferbintegabriel4714]

@@Avatinfernus there aint electricity thats almost as medieval as you can get

[@thatspookagain4030]

Yeah, maybe chess gamers lmao