Information about Mount Athos Monasteries and Sketes
If you have walked even a little on Mount Athos, you know that the most powerful experiences aren’t always in the large courtyards of the major monasteries. At Provata, silence has a different quality. It smells of earth after the cool, chestnut trees, candle wax, and there’s that sweet sense that time moves more slowly….
If you’re visiting Mount Athos for pilgrimage for the first time, this Skete is one of those places that stays in your mind for years. You see it from afar, high above the Monastery of Pantokrator, and you think, “there’s no way this is a skete — it looks like a whole monastery.” Here in…
If this is your first pilgrimage to Mount Athos, some places stay with you. Bourazeri is one of them. It’s close to Karyes, yet it feels like you’re already deep inside Athos’s silence. A cell that feels like a small community The Holy Hilandar Kellion of St. Nicholas, known to most as “Bourazeri,” is under…
If youve ever passed through Karyes, its one of those buildings that stop you without you realizing it. The “Serai” doesnt look like anything else on Mount Athos, and you get a sense of its size before you even reach the gate. From Ouranoupoli, we locals often call it “the palace” because thats how it…
Αστυνομία – Police Station tel. Καρυές – Karyes 0030 23770 23212 Αγία Άννα – Agia Anna 0030 23770 23360 Βατοπέδι – Vatopedi 0030 23770 23257 Δάφνη –Dafni 0030 23770 23222 Ζωγράφου – Zografou 0030 23770 23911 Μεγίστη Λαύρα – Great Lavra 0030 23770 23910 Χιλανδάρι – Hiliandari 0030 23770 23912 Λιμεναρχείο – Port Λιμάνι Βατοπέδι…
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 –…
