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It is also the only place in the world, where, since thousands of years no one was ever been born, whilst many have rested. Monasticism instituted the “avaton” of Mount Athos, i.e. the prohibition of access to females; this was legislated by imperial documents, patriarchal sigils, sultans’ fermans , articles of international laws, is included in all Greek Constitutions and was eventually further recognized by Government Decree (Gazette 268/28.9.1953).
