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Proskinitaria Athos

Athos Kivotos

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The story begins...

A brief history of the monastery, which perhaps will explain some facets of its character, is the ideal way to start your tour.

CHAPTER 1
Founding

Two Byzantine Officers

The founders' tomb.

A Personal Declaration

Η Μεταμόρφωση του Σωτήρος. Φορητή εικόνα στο μουσείο της Μονής.

The light of the
Transfiguration

The Monastery has proudly stood at the top of the rocky overhang for centuries.

Consecration

CHAPTER 2
Trials and tribulations

View to the south, with Mt Athos at the bottom.

Fire

Copper engraving of the Monastery.

Sponsors From Vlachia
And Moldavia

Holly Cross, known as Cross of Andronicos' II.

Economic Difficulties

Pistola, which is said to have belonged to the fighter Emm. Pappas. It was found in Ravdouchos' cell.

The Greek Revolution
for Independence, 1821

CHAPTER 3
Renascence

Paintings of an anonymous Mount Athos monk who presents the liberation of Mount Athos from the Greek Royal Navy during the First Balkan War.

1912 and 1922

Panagia Gerontissa The 'Πυροσώτειρα'. Portable image.

The ‘Πυροσώτειρα’

The new fraternity of the Monastery.

Cenobitic Life

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