MONK DIES IN GREECE WITHOUT SEEING WOMAN Without ever seeing a woman in the years of his life–history and facts
MONK DIES IN GREECE WITHOUT SEEING WOMAN Without ever seeing a woman in the years of his life
In Greece, there was a man who went his entire life without ever seeing a woman. After his mother passed away during birth, Mihailo Tolotos was abandoned on the steps of a monastery on Mount Athos where he lived until 82. Women have been banned from Mount Athos for 1,000 years.
Mihailo Toloto has died in Mt. Athos monastery, in Greece. Neither had he beheld an automobile, a movie or an airplane. His mother died when he was born, Athens yeports, and he was brought up in the monaster where no woman ever enters. He became a monk, and monks at the onastery gave his a specjal burial ceremony because they believed he was the only man in the world never to see a woman.
This article was published in an Athens newspaper on October 29th, 1938.
Mihailo Toloto was born in 1856. Shortly after his mother’s death (after giving birth), a few men carried him up to a monastery on Mount Athos (a mountain located on a peninsula in northeastern Greece). He grew up in the monastery and spent his whole life on the peninsula until his death.
In 1046, Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachos enacted a law, which prohibited women from entering the region so that the monks could live in complete celibacy without temptation. Although Mount Athos is part of the European Union, the monastery has special jurisdiction over the region and has the authority to decide who can and cannot enter.
Today, over 2,000 monks reside on Mount Athos, spending their days cataloging and restoring ancient manuscripts, artworks, and religious artifacts. Women are still prohibited from entering as well as female animals. The only exception are cats because of their ability to hunt rodents.
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