The December 2009 issue of National Geographic includes an article on Mount Athos, the ancient Eastern Orthodox monastery island. The writer neatly summarizes the flavor of solitude and persistence in the character of the monks and hermits, and the threats of modernity to the ways of centuries. Accompanied by a photo gallery.
Athonite Hermits: photos
Orthodox Advices is an Orthodox Christian site in Romania that includes a page of photographs of two dozen “Athonite hermits” plus many more of “elders.” This collection of photographs is unique on the Web, and will take most viewers into a seldom glimpsed culture. URL: http://www.sfaturiortodoxe.ro/foto.