General info
Phone: (+30) 23770 23 250
Fax: (+30) 23770 23 355
Call center: (+30) 23770 23 609
Representative Office (Karyes): (+30) 23770 23 208
Residence (Thessaloniki): (+30) 2310 261 837
Fax: (+30) 2310 261 391
E-mail: [email protected] || [email protected]
Dedication: Candlemas
Date of foundation: 10th century
Hierarchical position: 14/20
Holy Oversight: Hilandar, Xeropotamou, Agiou Pavlou, Gregoriou
Cenobitic from: 1839 (sigillion of Patriarch Gregory VI)
Monks: 30 monastic, 53 living in subordinate monastic establishments
Subordinate establishments: 2 sketes (eremitic), 3 cells, 2 kathismas, 6 hesychastiria (retreats)
Celebrations:
✓ 2/2 [15/2] Candlemas (main temple celebration, great all-night vigil)
✓ 23/4 [6/5] Saint George (feast, vigil)
✓ 21/5 [3/6] Saint Pachomius
✓ 28/7 [10/8] Saint Paul of Xeropotamou
✓ 20/10 [2/11] Translation of the relics of Saint Gerasimus
✓ 26/12 [8/1] Gifts of the Magi
✓ Bright Week Tuesday (Litany of the Patron Icon of the Monastery)
Relics: holy relics, fragment of the True Cross, Gifts of the Magi, holy icon of Theotokos Myrovlitissa (Myrrh Flowing)
Visit: main temple, Saint George chapel, the shrine of Maro, dining hall
