All the necessary steps and the procedure you need to follow to visit the monasteries of Mount Athos for the first time.
Below you will find a summary of the itineraries of the ships to Mount Athos, as well as the contact numbers for booking a seat. All routes are subject to change due to weather conditions, particularly during the winter months.
Below you will find a summary of KTEL bus schedule to Ouranoupoli, Chalkidiki. For more information visit the official website of KTEL Chalkidiki.
Telephone directory of the services and the Holy Monasteries of Mount Athos.
Mount Athos is already known from Greek mythology. It is said that in the area where the peninsula of Mount Athos is located, a great titanic battle took place between the giants and the gods of Olympus. In this battle, the leader of the giants was Athos, son of Uranus and Gaia. According to mythology, the giant Athos grabbed a huge rock and hurled it with great force against the Olympian gods. In this way, the area of Halkidiki and the homonymous peninsula were created.
A feast day (in Greek panigyris) is a spiritually and religiously significant event, when the annual celebration gathering takes place in each monastic community. All the monasteries of Mount Athos organize festivals on the feast day of their Saint in honor of whom its Katholikon, that is the main church of the monastery, is dedicated. In this article you will find the list of the feast days of the monasteries on Mount Athos according to the Julian and Revised Julian Calendars. The first date corresponds to the Julian Calendar, and the second to the Revised Julian Calendar.
