Visit Mount Athos - Pilgrims Office In order to visit Mount Athos you need to plan the precise date of your entrance in it.Then you must contact the pilgrims office of Mount Athos in...
Dafni, The Port of Mount Athos Dafni, the largest port of Mount Athos, is a small settlement. It is located on the south coast of the Athonite Peninsula between the Xeropotamou...
Monastery Products Based on our store, which is located in Daphne, the seaport of Mount Athos, we search , try and gather handicrafts of great quality and products...
Secrets of monastic diet The monastic diet is not only what we call the Mediterranean diet. It is much more. It is that monks still eat in the traditional way. Μonks do not...
ORTHODOX FASTING Fasting is an essential aspect of practicing the Orthodox life. You cannot be Orthodox and not fast. Unfortunately, many in the Church today do not...
Devotional lamp, candle, incense, What is their meaning and their symbolism? The word candle comes from the Latin word candela = candle. In the Christian Church, the candle is put in front of the sacred icon. The one located...
Why the Supper of Holy Thursday, called'' Secret''? The word secret (mystikos) is produced by the "secret" (mystis in greek) and this from "initiate". So the Last Supperhe was not secret and in...
MOUNT ATHOS HISTORY The peninsula of the Holy Mountain (HM), the north-eastern ‘finger’ of the gigantic ‘palm’ of myth of Chalcidice, which juts out more than 60 km....
The administration of Mount Athos The administration of the Holy Mountain throughout its centuries-long history, from the time when monastic life there was officially organised by the...
Feasts of the Mount Athos Holy Monasteries Feast is the annual celebration gathering of an Athonite lodge. Feasts organized by the Mount Athos monasteries - sketes and celles without...
HOLY BREAD PROSPHORA SEAL What is the Prosphoron and what are the symbolisms reflected on it with the holy bread seal ?
