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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A STYI,ITE MONASTERY PARCHED ABOVE) KAL,ABAKA 



Although the monks of Meteora held a far different doctrine from Simeon Stylites, they 

 also sought a pillar-like retreat above the clamor of worldly affairs. At one time there were 

 twenty-three rich convents in this section of Greece, but to-day there are only seven, of which 

 the one here pictured and several others are uninhabited. 



