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Alonissos monk seal

Alonissos Marine Park: The Largest Reserve of its Kind in the World

With a new underwater museum where visitors can explore the remains of a 2500-year-old shipwreck, the Alonissos Marine Park is the largest reserve of its kind in the world, a place of unspoilt natural beauty that is home to a fascinating variety of flora, fauna and marine life including the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal.

Sister Ioanna Adler of Skopelos

Sister Ioanna Adler of Skopelos

Sister Ioanna is a Greek Orthodox nun serving on a monastery in Skopelos.  She is half-Greek and half-Jewish-American.  She feels a sense of belonging in Greece, much more so than in the United States.  Greek City Times spoke to Sister Ioanna recently to learn more about her holy journey.

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Alonissos monk seal

Alonissos Marine Park: The Largest Reserve of its Kind in the World

With a new underwater museum where visitors can explore the remains of a 2500-year-old shipwreck, the Alonissos Marine Park is the largest reserve of its kind in the world, a place of unspoilt natural beauty that is home to a fascinating variety of flora, fauna and marine life including the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal.

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