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Seats And Hermitages

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Seats And Hermitages

The Monastery has two Seats: The Virgin Mary, about a 10-minute walk northwest of it, where the Holy Dometios resided during the 14th century, and The Holy Precursor, also located northwest of the Monastery but at a shorter distance from it, which is now in ruins. The two Seats are depicted in the bronze engraving of 1798 mentioned previously.
Six hermitages also belong to the Monastery: The Holy Trinity, Daniel, Damaskinos, Iosef, Zarkadi, and Chairi. All are located on the route leading to the New Skete.

Cells

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Cells

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Cells

Documents of 1409 report that Simon, the Protos of Mt Athos, transferred the Cell of the Saviour which belonged to the Protaton, to the Monk Theodoulos, the Abbot of the St Pavlos Monastery. In a document of 1423, the Hieromonk Efthimios is reported to have asked the the Protos Gennadio for the Cell of Simeon, The God-Receiver (Θεοδόχου Συμεών) – the so-called Friend/Protector of Infants (Φιλογόνου) – in the area of Karyes, which belonged to the Protaton – and to have received it. The Monastery returned the Cell to the Protaton in 1456, according to a document by the Protos Serapionos.
In 1661, the Monastery purchased four cells in Karyes, three of which are still operating today:
a) St Andreas – the location of the Monastery’s Delegation Centre, with a similarly-named chapel. In 1867, the cell was sold to the Metropolite former Moschonision Kallinikos by the subordinate of the Hieromonk Efthimios, who died and was buried on 13 September 1891. The Monastery repurchased the cell in 1895. Conservation and renovation projects were undertaken in 1992 and 1993.
b) St Theodoros – located 100 metres northwest of the Delegation Centre; There is a reference that the Monastery had been forced to sell the Cell in 1824 due to its heavy load of debt. Important repair and conservation projects have been carried out within the Cell.
c) The Presentation – is reported to have been transferred by Serapionos, the Protos of Mt Athos, to the Hieromonk Iakobos and the other monks in a 1456 document. There are also earlier reports from a 1423 document of the Serbian despot Stefanos, which refer to the cell as ‘St Simeon, The God-Receiver’ (Θεοδόχου Συμεών) – the so-called Friend/Protector of Infants (Φιλογόνου), a name which is identified with the Cell of the Presentation – and that it was transferred by the Protos of Agios Oros, the Hieromonk Malachia. In the decade1880-1890, major renovations were made to the Cell.

The Skete Of St Dimitrios

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The Skete Of St Dimitrios

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The Skete Of St Dimitrios

Called the Skete of the Ravine, it is located on the northeastern side of Mt Athos at an altitude of 280 metres, an area with thick vegetation midway between the monasteries of Karakallou and Great Lavras, at about a 90- minute walk from the St Pavlos Monastery. The kalyvia of the skete are spread along a steep ravine formed by the Morfono river between Anti-Athonas and Little Athos. The skete is close to the Monastery of Amalfinos, which ceased to operate in the 11th century.
According to tradition, the skete was founded in the 10th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, Serbian monks resided there but, due to the efforts of the Vatopedios Monastery, were forced to give up their claims of ownership of the area and the skete. At the end of the 14th century, the skete was transferred to the Monastery of St Pavlos.
Serbian monks resided at the Skete until the 17th century, according to documents of 1606 found in the kalyvi of St Nikolaos. From the mid-18th century on, there are accounts of the presence of Moldavian monks at the skete. In 1754, the skete was in ruins, and was re-established in 1760 by the Moldavian monk Daniel. During the period of the Greek Revolution of 1821, the number of Moldavian monks decreased until after 1830, when they started to return.
In 1849, the cemetery church of St Skepis (which attribution refers to the miracle of ‘The Holy Protection by the Virgin Mary’) was built by the Moldavian monk Iakobos. The construction of the central church in the name of St Dimitrios began in 1898 and was completed in 1899, with an outer nave and a bell tower being added in 1904. Near the central church are the guest house, the refectory and other structures, while reconstruction projects are currently in process.
After a great crisis in the middle of 1990, the number of monks was dramatically reduced, resulting in the situation today: Although the skete has 24 kalyvia, only five are operating – St Skepis, the Annunciation, St Nikolaos, the Presentation, and the Holy Archangels – and they are mainly inhabited by Romanian monks.

The New Skete

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The New Skete

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The New Skete

Dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin, the New Skete is located near the sea, on an inclined slope at the northeastern side of the peninsula. The distance from the Monastery is not more than 30 minutes. There are some confusing statements that in the 10th century, the skete was built at a higher location and bore the name of Benediktos or Stavros, with its central church being located at the site of the present-day kalyvi of the Sts Anargyrion. In the 2nd half of the 11th century, the skete was moved towards the sea, and its church was built on the site of the present-day kalyvi of the Presentation of Christ. During that period, under Anthimos Komninos, the fortified tower which houses the chapel of St Anna operated up until 1950.
A 1709 edict of the Patriarch Kyprianos refers to it as the New Skete, even though it was not officially inaugurated until 1753, when a permit was issued by the Monastery. However, the skete was known as the Tower Skete, as it is referred to in documents from 1756 and in copies of documents of 1814. Finally, in 1819, it was renamed as the New Skete or the Skete of the Virgin Mary. The above information comes from documents in the central church. In 1819, the New Skete, in an edict of the Patriarch Gregory V, was transferred to the Monastery of St Pavlos. The present-day form of the skete dates from 1850 and later.
The central church of the skete is dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin. Its construction was begun in 1730 and completed in 1757, with donations from the residents of Ioannina. It has a central nave and an outer nave, and its interior is decorated with frescoes. It also has a sculpted wooden altar. In 1901, the chapel of St Konstantine was built within the central church, where the Archpriests Theofanis of Lakedaimona, Vessarian of Rapsani, and Gerasimos Chalepios are entombed. In the courtyard of the central church is the cemetery church of All Saints, and the ossuary is nearby.
In the Library of the central church there are 19th century copies of manuscripts by the well-known scribe and scholar the monk Iakovos, as well as printed books. The sacristy houses a collection of icons, vestments, crosses, medallions, staffs, and sacred relics of saints.
The New Skete has about 30 kalyvia, most of which have a small church and a small extent of land; about 60 monks reside there. The monks engage in activities such as icon painting – with the most important artists being Kyrillaios, Abramaios, and the monks Spyridonaios – woodcarving, goldworking, and agricultural work, mainly the cultivation of citrus orchards.
Important saints and ascetics who resided in the skete were the Holy Martyr Pachomios from N. Epirus, the Elder Iosef the Ascetic, St Hilarion the New of Iviron, and from the circle of the Kollyvades, St Nikodimos the Athonite, Kyrillos the Philosopher, Athanasios of Messolonghi, and others.