At mount Athos Only for Men

Overview : The tour begins at 08:30 from Ouranoupoli with the tour gide. Athos is an amazing monastic country, where unceasing prayer for the whole world rises. Mount Athos is a special place, halfway between Heaven and Earth. Over the past 1,300 years, Athos has taken a special position among other countries: the way of life here is not subject to worldly laws. Holy Mountain is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and is part of the Greek state, where the state language is Greek. Today on Mount Athos there are 20 functioning monasteries, which have the status of patriarchal stauropegic (17 Greek, 1 - Russian, 1 - Bulgarian and 1 - Serbian). In addition to the monasteries on the Holy Mountain, there are 12 monasteries, cells, kathismes, and hesychastyria. Totally, about 1,500 monks live on Mount Athos, including the Kelliots and the Scythian inhabitants. Only men can be pilgrims to Athos. The trip to Athos includes visits to five mona...