Mount Athos

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

Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrates Divine Liturgy at Romanian Skete Prodromos

His Grace Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrated the All-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner on Mount Athos on the feast of the Annunciation according to the Julian unrevised calendar. In his homily, the bishop spoke about the spiritual beauty of monastic life, stressing the feats of monks…

Apr 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Monks celebrate Christmas on snow-covered Mount Athos : Photo & Video

A few days before the feast of the Nativity of Christ, which Mount Athos celebrates according to the Old Calendar, namely on January 7, significant snowfall occurred. Karyes, the Athonite capital at an altitude of 1,150 feet, received over 2 feet of snow, while higher areas received over 3 feet. Two days before Christmas, the…

Jan 10, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Panagia Prodromitissa Icon replica to be enshrined in Romania National Cathedral

The Abbot of the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner on Mount Athos presented His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel with a replica of the Prodromitissa Wonderworking icon of the Mother of God to be enshrined in the newly-consecrated National Cathedral. A precious gift for the Cathedral Visiting Romania on the occasion of the inauguration of the…

Nov 28, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Greek State grants €1.240.000 to monasteries on Mount Athos

The Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Monday approved a grant of €1.240.000 for 22 monastic settlements on the Holy Mount Athos following a request submitted by the Sacred Community, Protothema reports. Regarding the financial support, the first monastery is Simonos Petras with 144.088 Euros. The second grant in value is offered to Agiou Pavlou…

Nov 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu