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”Athos – Monastic Life on the Holy Mountain”, major exhibition on Byzantine art at the Finnish Tennispalatsi Art Museum in Helsinki, has raised interest both in Finland and on the international level. The treasures of the monasteries of Athos are now first time available for the eyes of the general public outside the Holy Mountain and Greece. The exhibition, which was opened in August 2006, has attracted over 30 000 visitors from Finland and far beyond, and it has deepened the local ecumenical relations in Finland. |