Monks eating in the refectory (interior of the Trapeza, looking west).Vatopedi monastery.Only one inscription of 1319/20, built on the western face of the katholikon exonarthex, referring to its renovation, as well as the refurbishment of the olive press, survives...
Environment: Agion Oros could well be the most beautiful and unspoilt part of Greece.The Mount Athos peninsula is the most eastern of the three in Chalkidiki. It has a length of around 70 kilometers and a width between 8 and 12 kilometers. It is of course, dominated...
The Divine cuisine of Mount Athos.The food cooked by the monks on Mount Athos is a flavor-packed amalgamation of the knowledge, style and experience each cook brings to the community a wonderful medley shaped by strict dietary rules. Now that more and more people are...
For years, the nutrition of the monks on Mount Athos is based on their plantations, which provide them the food to enrich their organism with all the necessities they themselves produce. With a lot of effort and personal work, they have managed to create vegetable...
The way of living and nutrition habits, apart from the daily life on Mount Athos, concern people worldwide. The nutrition and longevity of the monks especially have attracted intense interest, not only in Greece but all over the world. We can find a few articles on...
