Holy Monasteries

01.11.2019

Esfigmenou Monastery

Name There is disagreement about the etymology of the name of the monastery of Esphigmenou. The first version accepts that the name is due to...

31.10.2019

Holy Monastery of Philotheos

The Monastery was first mentioned in a document from 1013, when it was called "Monastery of the Bird". Two years later it is mentioned with...

11.05.2011

The Athoniada School

From the beginning of the 18th century, the need for a school on Mount Athos had begun to be felt...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Panteleimon

It was founded before the end of the 10th century in the mountainous location where today the so-called "Paliomonastiro" is located. It was also called the Monastery of "the...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Stavronikita

It appears to be an institution from the early 11th century, but in the 13th century it was deserted and later converted into a monastery...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Saint Paul

It was founded a few years before 980 and was called the Monastery of Saint Paul or Xeropotamos. Its founder seems to have been...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Simon Petras

It was founded around 1257 by the ascetic Saint Simon, on the inaccessible "Simon's Rock". It was renovated around 1368...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Karakallos

Location The Karakallou Monastery is located approximately in the middle of the eastern side, on a prominent location, approximately 200 meters from...