Mount Athos, in northern Greece, is the beating heart of the Orthodox Christianย faith and home to 2,000 monks. But for the past year, it has also become a place of refuge and pilgrimage for Ukrainian soldiers.ย For these men, wounded at war and suffering from deep trauma, Mount Athos’s retreats offer them a respite from the front lines. The goal is to heal their trauma through faith and soothe their invisible wounds before returning to battle.ย Eric de Lavarรจne and Alexandros Kottis report.
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