General info
Phone: (+30) 23770 23 796
Call center: (+30) 23770 23 938
Representative Office (Karyes): (+30) 23770 23 282
Residence (Thessaloniki): (+30) 2310 271 785
E-mail: [email protected]
Dedication: Ascension of Jesus Christ
Date of foundation: 4th century (tradition), 10th-11th century (evidence)
Hierarchical position: 18/20
Holy Oversight: Great Lavra, Docheiariou, Xenophontos, Esphigmenou
Cenobitic from: 1797 (sigillion of Patriarch Gregory VI)
Monks: 65 monastic
Subordinate establishments: 7 kathismas
Celebrations:
✔ Thursday of the sixth week after Easter: of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (main temple celebration, great all-night vigil)
✔ 23/2 [8/3] Saint Damian
✔ 19/4 [2/5] Saint Agathangelus
✔ Bright Week Tuesday (Litany of the Patron Icon of the Monastery)
Relics: holy relics, Saint Gregory Palamas spring
Visit: main temple, dining hall
