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Category Archives: basic information/reservations
2243 – News: update post 1835- 28-7-2022 : new regulations for making a reservation.
A new update of post 1835: Thanks to the help of Japetus I can publish the new regulations for making a reservation, see post 1835. I will try to find out if the new rules also apply for foreigners: According … Continue reading
Posted in basic information/reservations, news
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2118 – Mount Athos closed from tomorrow 20-03 till March 30th for all visitors except workers and professionals
For the latest news about this topic read the Comments! 19-03 Mount Athos closes tomorrow for all visitors except workers and professionals until March 30th. ___________________________________________________________________________________________Yesterday, 16th of March, a 50-year-old Italian pilgrim, who developed cough and fever, was transported … Continue reading
Posted in 04 Chilandariou, basic information/reservations, news
Tagged corona, hospital, lock down
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1959 – quick update of the list of email adresses of the monasteries
One of our readers shared these email adresses of Karakallou monastery, to make reservations. karakallou@yahoo.gr or karakallou@yahoo.com. I added the adress to our list of email adresses in post “1835 – reservations by email“. It is likely that your mail … Continue reading
Posted in 11 Karakallou, basic information/reservations
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1835 – A Pilgrimage to Athos: how to make a reservation by email or online: for updates (since July 2023): see Page “How to plan a visit?”.
Updates -short discription-: 27 June 2023: text ajustments and more information about how to ask for a Diamoniterion, general info and a new (third!) emailadress of Dionysiou, plus a telephone number of Kerasia 19 March 2023: Sografou now also has … Continue reading
1767 – Karyes September 2015
On our first day of our pilgrimage to Athos on Sunday 20th of September we reserved a place to sleep at Skiti Andreou (or Serail). Before we went there we tried to get an extention of our Diamoniterion at the … Continue reading
Posted in basic information/reservations, Karyes, Skiti Andreou
Tagged Diamoniterion, extention, Holy Epistatia, Protaton, wooden leg
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1756 – New map of Mount Athos
There is a new map Mount Athos available . Water- and rip- proof and The first highly accurate map of Mt Athos as is it stated on the map. This last part is not true because the first accurate map of … Continue reading
1729 – important spots in Ouranopoli
Today I’ll show the plan of Ouranopoli with the most important places you can/will visit: 1. the pilgrims office: where to pick up your Diamoniterion 2. The ticket office below has moved to another place, not far from the Pilgrimsoffice: … Continue reading
1701 – how to book an Athos visit: update March 2015
In post 1142 I shared information from the internet about how to book an Athos pilgrimage. The new email adres – from 2014 – is: athosreservation@gmail.com (so do NOT use “piligrimsbureau@c-lab.gr” anymore). Pilgrim Herman in 2011 at the Pilgrimsbureau If you call … Continue reading
1695 – When the waves are too high
When there is too much wind the ferries and taxiboats are not allowed to sail to the arsanas (harbours) of the Athos peninsula. In that case the pier in Ouranoupolis remains empty and no boats are te be seen. It … Continue reading
1643 – How about transport to Athos when it is storming?
When the waves are as high as this (Dafni by Giannis Keliotes) the ferries won’ t sail to the harbours of Dafni or the monasteries. But is this also the case with the much smaller boattaxi or is it possible … Continue reading