Mount Athos

Mount Athos closes for pilgrims and visitors because of the coronavirus epidemic

Deputy civil governor of Mount Athos Aristos Kasmiroglou has suspended the entrance of outside visitors and pilgrims to the Athonite State until March 30, 2020, according to Orthodox Times, which quotes Greek website ethnos.gr. This decision excludes officials and employees of Athos. The Holy Community of Mount Athos accepted the government’s decisions as formulated in…

Mar 20, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Father Epiphanios of Mylopotamos: From Mount Athos to the Culinary Olympics

Father Epiphanios of the Great Lavra’s Mylopotamos Cell, who is surnamed the Athonite Chef, participated this month, together with a team of Greek chefs, in the IKA/Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart, Germany. The team won the bronze medal in the category “Community Catering” with seven dishes inspired by the Macedonian culinary tradition, including zucchini and herb…

Feb 20, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Greek Energy Min Discusses Environmental Issues with Mt. Athos Representatives

The installation of photovoltaic modules and the support of the Greek state to Mount Athos were discussed at the meeting of Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy, with the leadership of the Holy Community. In the meeting, which was also attended by the Civil Governor of Mount Athos, Athanasios Martinos, the topics of biological…

Feb 15, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

President Radev: Zographou Monastery Has Safeguarded Bulgarian Spirituality for Over 1,000 Years

President Rumen Radev joined celebrations of the feast of the Zographou Monastery, the Bulgarian monastery in Mount Athos, on November 16. Hundreds of pilgrims from Bulgaria and the Balkans flocked to the place for the occasion, the BTA reports citing President’s Press Secretariat. Radev said: “The Zographou Monastery is one of the most cherished and…

Nov 26, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Four Athonite Elders will be canonized, Ecumenical Patriarch announces

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has announced that four Athonite Elders will be canonized and will have official feast days in the calendar of the Orthodox Church. The list of elders include Fr. Daniel of Katounakia, Fr. Ieronymos of Simonopetra, Elder Joseph the Hesychast, and Elder Ephraim of Katounakia. The Patriarch made the announcement on Sunday, October…

Oct 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Mount Athos: More than 250,000 pilgrims a year

The Agioritikes Grammes shipping company has had to launch a new boat to take pilgrims to Holy Mount Athos from Ouranoupolis as the number of pilgrims continues to grow, orthochristian reports. The company’s ninth ship heading to the Daphne port on Mt. Athos from Ouranoupolis has a capacity for 500 passengers and trucks, company president…

Oct 18, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

Mill where St. Silouan labored on Mt. Athos restored, consecrated

As the holy Orthodox Church celebrated the feast of the great 20th-century elder St. Silouan the Athonite on September 24, a site of his holy labors was reopened and consecrated on Mt. Athos, Orthochristian reports. St. Silouan carried out his obedience for many years in the mill at St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos, and…

Oct 1, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Drama Metropolitan consecrates first Romanian church on Mount Athos dedicated to St Paisios

His Eminence Metropolitan Pavlos of Drama consecrated a newly built church at the hut of the Annunciation at Lakkoskiti in honour of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos. This is the first church serving a Romanian community on the Holy Mount to be dedicated to St Paisios. The consecration ceremony took place on July 25, the…

Aug 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch will visit Mount Athos in October

On Saturday, August 3, a Delegation of the Holy Community of Mount Athos, consisting of Monk Nikodemos Lavriotis, Monk Nikodemos Agiopavlitis and Hieromonk Sisois Xenofontinos, had a cooperation with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, so as to schedule the visit by Bartholomew to Mount Athos, 19-22 October, Romfea reports. On Saturday, October 19, the Ecumenical Patriarch will…

Aug 3, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Kickboxer Cătălin Moroşanu visits Mount Athos: I came to thank God for everything He gave me

Romanian Kickboxer and former professional rugby player Cătălin Moroşanu announced on his Facebook page that he visited the Holy Mount Athos to thank God for His divine help. ‘I came to thank God for everything He gave me, because He enlightened my path every time, helping me to move on,’ Moroşanu wrote on Monday. ‘I’ve…

Jun 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Mount Athos: Metropolitan Teofan leads festivities on patronal feast of Lakkoskete Annunciation Cell

His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina attended the liturgical festivities marking the patronal feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos Cell at Lakkoskete on Mount Athos. His Eminence presided over the all-night vigil on Saturday, April 6, and the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, April 7. During the Divine Liturgy, the cell’s librarian, hierodeacon…

Apr 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu