A recovering Ukrainian soldier writes down the names of friends and family to include in his prayers, at the Monastery of Iviron in Mount Athos, Greece, November 26, 2024. In their four-day stay, part of a psychological support programme organised by Ukrainian authorities, the 22 soldiers made a pilgrimage to some dozen monasteries on the slopes of Mount Athos, a spiritual centre since the 10th century. "We already see that these five days spent on Athos will replace at least a year of rehabilitation in Ukraine, in hospitals or other medical centres," said Orest Kavetskyi, a Lviv regional official who helped organise the trip. "When I visited Athos, I felt God's grace, God's blessing, the greatness of Athos." REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis