Distances between the monasteries.




If you came to Ouranoupolis on a pilgrimage, at some point you’ll hear the name “Kavsokalyvia.” It’s one of those places that’s hard to describe, because it’s both landscape and prayer at the same time. On the southeastern edge of Mount Athos, where the mountain drops steeply into the Aegean, the Skete puts things into…

Mount Athos Monastery and Skites Monastery Tel. Fax 1 M. Megistis Lavras Email:iera.moni.megistis.layras@gmail.com 23770-22586 / 23761 / 23754 23770-23762 2 M. Vatopediou Email:filoxenia@vatopedi.gr – www.vatopedi.gr 23770-41488 23778-88088 23770-23509 23788-88082 3 M. Iviron Email:imiviron@gmail.com – ivironfiloxenia@gmail.com –www.imiviron.gr 23770-23643 (orders 23770-23642) 4 M. Filotheou Email:philotheou.filoxenia@gmail.com 23770-23256 23770-23674 5 M. Xiropotamou 23770-23251 23770-23733 6 M. Esfigmenou Email:iera.moni.esfigmenou@gmail.com –…

If you have walked even a little on Mount Athos, you will have felt that each monastery has its own character. Stavronikita is one of those that wins you over at first sight. Small, tightly built on the rock, quiet, with a kind of stately air that doesn’t make a fuss. As someone who has…

If you’re visiting Ouranoupoli for the first time and looking across to Mount Athos, your eyes naturally go to those places that seem hidden but pull you in. The Skete of Agia Anna is one of those. The route is demanding, but it rewards you with a quiet you rarely find elsewhere. What to expect…

If you’re entering Mount Athos from the western side for the first time, Docheiariou Monastery is one of those images that stay with you. You see it “hanging” between the mountain and the sea and immediately understand why it’s called a fortress. Here in Ouranoupoli we hear about it often from the pilgrims we host….

If this is your first time coming to Ouranoupoli to visit Mount Athos, Dionysiou Monastery is one of those stops that stays with you. You see it “hanging” above the sea and immediately understand why it’s called a castle-monastery. Locals here watch every season as pilgrims arrive anxious and return calm. Dionysiou Monastery on Mount…