FOUL DAY EXCURSION-CRUISE-THE HOLY MOUNT ATHOS
Mount Athos
Mount Athos, known in Greece as the Holy Mountain (Άγιο Όρος), is a peninsula in Chalkidiki, north Greece. It is a World Heritage Site and a self-governed state in the Greek Republic. The region is governed by the “Holy community” under the ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The administrative center of Mount Athos is the village “Karyes”.
Today, there are 20 monasteries, 17 of them are Greek: Megistis Lavras, Vatopediou ( Greek Cyprian ), Iviron, Koutloumousiou, Agiou Pavlou, Dionissiou, Xenofontos , Stavronikita, Gregoriou, Konstamonitou, Esfigmenou, Doheariou, Karakalou, Xiropotamou, Pantokratoros, Simonos Petras, Filotheou. One monastery is Russian (Agiou Panteleiminos), one is Serbian (Hilandariou) and one is Bulgarian (Zografou).Also, there are also 14 skites and many kellia, kalives and kathismata, and hesychasteria which are forms of small monastic communities or hermitages.
