What is Rama praying to God for on Mount Athos in Greece?? He spent the night with his son Greg, the strong details you didn’t expect come out

An event beyond the ordinary. Prime Minister Edi Rama, together with his son Gregor Rama, traveled yesterday from Korça to Greece, to visit the Monastic State of Athos and the great holy monastery of Vatopedi.

Prime Minister Edi Rama and his son spent the night in this monastery, only leaving this morning.

According to information and photos made public, the Prime Minister arrived early in the morning at the Port of Daphni and then met with the civil governor of the Holy Mountain, Alkiviadh Stefanis. He then headed to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, where he was received by the abbot, Hieronymus Ephrem, and the monastery’s brotherhood.

The Albanian Prime Minister expressed his admiration for the monastery’s architecture and paintings.

He also stated that he has knowledge of the Athonite Philokalia and the rich tradition of the Monastic State of Athos.

Mount Athos (Agion Oros – Holy Mountain) is located in northern Greece, on the Chalkidiki peninsula, on one of the three “fingers” that jut into the Aegean Sea. It is a territory of about 33 thousand hectares, with mountains, forests and a very rugged coastline.

One of the most well-known features is that women are not allowed to enter the territory of Athos, while for men, visits are possible only with special permission (diamonitirion) and with restrictions on the number of visitors, so the prime minister was without his wife Linda Rama and son Zaho. But on this trip he was accompanied by the mayor of Himara, Vangjel Tavo.

The Great Holy Monastery of Vatopedi (Vatopedi) is located on the northern coast of the Athos Peninsula, in a small bay of the Aegean Sea. Its territory extends over the central part of the northern coast of Athos.

It is second in the hierarchy of the 20 monasteries of Athos, after the Great Lavra Monastery. UNESCO estimates that 1,400 monks may live on Athos today.

The monastery preserves several icons of the Theotokos that are considered “miracle-working” in the Orthodox tradition. Believers pray to them for help, healing, protection, and intercession.