by Mpantis Athanasios | 31 July 2019 | News
Mount Athos Skete of Saint Demetrios.View of a typical monastic settlement on Mount Athos.It is hidden away in a dense forest, in a peaceful area conducive to prayer and spiritual development. A person must live like an exile from this world in order to…advance...
by Mpantis Athanasios | 24 July 2019 | News
Don’t worship idols in your heart.Narrow is the way of life, and broad the way of torment; prayer is able to bring a man to the house of the Kingdom. This is the perfect work: prayer that is pure from iniquity. Human righteousness counts for nothing. Our labor is...
by Mpantis Athanasios | 11 July 2019 | News
What can we learn from mules. Great Schema Monks on Mount Athos have learnt a great deal from the Holy Fathers and their experiences. Likewise, they have learnt a lot from the humble mules which are used to carry loads of wood from the forests. The first thing which...
by Mpantis Athanasios | 2 July 2019 | News
The Holy Monastery of Karakalou Founded in the eleventh century, the monastery received its name after either the Roman emperor Karakala or the monk, Karakalas, who was said to be its founder. Karakalou was first mentioned in documents from 1018 and 1087. Built on the...
by Mpantis Athanasios | 9 June 2019 | News
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...
by Mpantis Athanasios | 5 June 2019 | News
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...
