As the year comes to an end, the team of Athos Guide welcomes you to our website with new, exciting features that bring Mount Athos closer to each visitor. Our goal is to create a complete digital experience, combining information and interaction with the Athonite spiritual legacy and tradition. Athos Guide aims to be a digital gateway to Mount Athos, opening the way for all those who wish to visit it, as well as for those who are unable to travel to the Athonite peninsula.
Discover our new projects and meet the spiritual and natural beauty of Athos!
1. Daily Teachings of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos
Visit our website daily and find a teaching of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos on our home page!
The demands of modern life often leave little time for study and interaction with the spiritual texts of our church. The words of the elders and saints of Athos can be a great light of spiritual guidance that will enrich and accompany you in the difficulties of everyday life.
A teaching will be published daily on the home page of our website, as a gift and blessing from Mount Athos.
What Are the Advantages of That New Feature?
- It provides a daily interaction with the spiritual wisdom of Mount Athos
- It presents selected parts only from the teachings of the Athonite Fathers
- It can be read easily and quickly, every morning, during your break or in leisure tim
Discover the wisdom of the fathers of Mount Athos daily on your mobile phone or computer!
Find the new feature here.
2. Digital Calendar
Among the most valuable tools on our website is the digital calendar, now available for you. It is a large project with a great wealth of information and details about fasting, feasts (Eortologion), saints and their lives (Synaxarion), the time and date followed in Mount Athos, as well as many other features.
It is available in six languages and is a complete guide, with references to the saints of Orthodox Church.
How to Find the Calendar:
- Visit the Mount Athos Calendar section on our website by clicking here.
- Download the mobile app and find the calendar on the home screen for easy and quick updates.
What Does the Calendar Include?
In our digital calendar you will find:
- The date of the old and new calendar
- The current time and the time in Mount Athos
- The calendar of fasting, with all the official rules of the church
- The feasts of the day
- The Agiologion, with the stories of the lives of the saints honored daily
- The icons being celebrated
- The Synaxes of the saints
- Daily liturgical readings
- Mount Athos weather widget with a detailed forecast for the upcoming days
Get a complete and detailed preview of the daily life of our church, from the screen of your mobile phone or computer!
3. Interactive Map of Mount Athos
The creation of a digital map of the Athos peninsula is a major undertaking, as the richness and diversity of Athos make it particularly difficult to record and present all locations. After years of studying, travelling, and organizing guided tours in the Holy Mountain, we have managed to create an overall picture, which we provide to you in digital form.
Using the map on our website, you can explore the mountain peaks and coastline of Athos online, discovering all the individual institutions and areas of cultural interest.
What Can I Find on the Online Map of Mount Athos?
- Monasteries
- Sketes
- Cells
- Churches
- Holy springs
- Settlements
- Arsanas
- Vineyards
- Caves
- Individual institutions
- Areas of archaeological interest
- Areas of monastic development
- Individual geographical features
Our goal is to offer easy, fast, and interactive navigation on the Athos peninsula, while providing information on all the individual sites that make up the Athonite state.
Among other things, we aim to enrich the map with the ability to provide directions and suggested routes to and from individual destinations.
Take a digital tour of every spot of Mount Athos by finding the map here!
Help Us Improve
The richness of Mount Athos culture and of the orthodox tradition of our church make our work particularly demanding. The volume of information, as well as the endless need for research and clarification of numerous details, leave space for improvement and renewal of the website's content.
Have you found any inaccuracies? Let us know!
Now, by selecting the word or phrase in question, you can send us your comments through a small pop-up window. If you find any inaccuracies, errors, or have suggestions for improvement, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We need your feedback in order to provide you with the best digital experience. Your opinion is of great value to us!
Get started today and enjoy a comprehensive digital tool for Mount Athos.
Explore the spiritual wealth and tradition of Mount Athos with just one click!
Find us online at Athos.guide or through the smartphone and tablet app.
