Others choose to live in small cells called skete, where they live in complete isolation.

Some of these monks, especially those who are week and feeble, havent left their cabins for decades.

Photo credit: Rick Findler/The Guardian

Father Iusif inside his bedroom at his cell in Karoulia.

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Photo credit: Rick Findler/The Guardian

Sources:The Guardian/Wikipedia/www.johnsanidopoulos.com

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