Mount Athos

Email: filoxenia@vatopedi.gr Vatopedi monastery is hierarchically the 2nd of the 20 monasteries on Mount Athos. It was buily in the late 10th century by three monks, Athanasios, Nicolaos and Anthonios, who were from Andrianopolis and had been disciples of St. Athanasios Athonite, the establisher of the coenobitic monasticism on the peninsula. Buildings were built throughout the centuries up to 1900. … Read More

Email: hospitality@simonopetra.gr The Monastery of Simonopetra stands in an imposing manner at the western part of Agion Oros, at an elevation of 230m from the sea. It is one of the most impressive and difficult – to – build buildings of its era, worldwide. It is also said that this Monastery is the first “block of flats” in all over … Read More

Dochiariou monastery, the monastery of Archangels, is one of the prettiest monasteries on Mount Athos, located by the sea on the western side of the peninsula and being the first monastery the pilgrim can see while entering Mount on ship from Ouranoupolis. The compound starts with the Dining hall (old and new) and ends in the highest point with a tall … Read More

Email: rpm.palomnik@gmail.com St. Panteleimon’s monastery in Mount Athos consists with its astonishing buildings a spiritual lighthouse and significant pilgrimage for the whole Russian people. It is built in a little haven between the St. Xenophon’s monastery and the port of Daphne and it is dedicated to the respective saint. The monastery gives the impression of a small town with its … Read More

  Osiou Gregoriou monastery is built near the sea, on the southwestern side of the Mount Athos peninsula, between Dionysiou and Simonopetra monasteries, and is dedicated to Saint Nicholas. According to the handwritten codex, this monastery was founded in the mid-14th century (1310). The founder was Saint Gregorios the Young, a hesychast disciple of Saint Gregorios of Sinai, the grand master … Read More