01622nas a2200217   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001100043653002400054653003000078653002500108653001600133653002200149100002500171245011600196856015600312300001000468490000700478520089900485022002001384                                       d10aGreece10aintangible heritage10aLiving religious heritage10aMonastic communities10aMount Athos10aOrthodox heritage1 aGeorgios Alexopoulos00aManagement of Living Religious Heritage: Who Sets the Agenda? The Case of the Monastic Community of Mount Athos  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84877904917&doi=10.1179%2f1350503313Z.00000000047&partnerID=40&md5=ede4e8da2bc88052d41a92f9ebda73a2  a59-750 v153 aThis paper explores the decision-making process for heritage management at the monastic community of Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Northern Greece, in relation to the concept of living religious heritage and the pursuit to balance the heritage values of both the experts (heritage professionals) and the non-experts. The function and impact of a specific heritage agency - KEDAK (Centre for the Preservation of Athonite Heritage) - designed to establish the decision-making power of the Athonite monasteries will be critically discussed. A range of interesting compromising solution s and some challenges and problems raised by the function of this agency will serve as the background for examining the extent to which different perceptions on heritage management can coexist, particularly when heritage professionals find themselves on the bottom of a top-down decision-making process.  a13505033 (ISSN)