Circumnavigation of Mount Athos – Monasteries of Chalcidice & Drama
Description
1st Day
Morning departure from Athens. Stop for a pilgrimage to Nunnery Panagia Xenia in Magnesia and male Monastery of St. Dionysios of Olympus. Late afternoon arrival in Kassandra, check in at hotel.
2nd Day
Morning departure to Ouranopoli. Circumnavigation of Mount Athos by boat of Agiorite line.
We will approach the Holy Monasteries Zografou, Kastamonitos, Docheiariou, Xenophon St. Panteleimon (Russian), Simonos Petras, Grigoriou Dionysiou, St. Paul, Nea Skiti, St. Anna.
We will see throughout the western side of Mount Athos, the Garden of the Virgin Mary.
Also we will stop onboard for veneration of relics which will be transferred by speedboat from the Monastery of Mount Athos. Back in Ouranopoli
Visit to the Monastery of St. Arsenios of Cappadocia (male) and the Nunnery of St. John the Baptist . Return to Kassandra.
3rd Day
Early on morning we will visit the Monastery of St. John the Theologos in Souroti.
The monastery is dedicated to St. John the Theologian and St. Arsenius the Cappadocian, whose relics are in the church. In the monastery there is also the grave of Elder Paisios.
Departure for Monastery of Eikosifoinissas and the Monastery of Transfiguration of Christ where we venerate the relics of St. George the Confessor Karslidi. Return to Kassandra.
4th Day
Early on morning pilgrimage to Holy Monastery of Saint Anastasia Pharmacolytria and church attendance.Departure to Athens via Thessaloniki. Pilgrimage to the Holy Church of Saint Demetrius, which is one of the most important Byzantine monuments. Arrival in Athens late afternoon - evening.
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