Karyes, Mount Athos

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Karyes
Καρυές
Karyes is located in Greece
Karyes
Karyes
Coordinates: 40°15.429′N 24°14.698833′E / 40.257150°N 24.244980550°E / 40.257150; 24.244980550Coordinates: 40°15.429′N 24°14.698833′E / 40.257150°N 24.244980550°E / 40.257150; 24.244980550
CountryGreece
Administrative regionMonastic Republic of Mount Athos
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Rural
163
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Karyes (Greek: Καρυές) is a settlement in Mount Athos. It is the seat of the clerical and secular administration of the Athonite monastic state. The 2011 Greek census reported a population of 163 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in Mount Athos.

The major church at Karyes is the Protaton, which is the church of the Protos, or president of the monastic community.

Geography[]

Climate[]

hideClimate data for Karyes, Greece
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °F (°C) 49
(9) 		52
(11) 		59
(15) 		66
(19) 		76
(24) 		86
(30) 		90
(32) 		90
(32) 		80
(27) 		71
(22) 		59
(15) 		51
(11) 		69.083
(20.60)
Average low °F (°C) 34
(1) 		36
(2) 		41
(5) 		47
(8) 		56
(13) 		65
(18) 		69
(21) 		69
(21) 		61
(16) 		54
(12) 		45
(7) 		37
(3) 		51.166
(10.65)
Source: "Karyes Monthly Climate Average, Greece". World Weather Online. 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

History[]

Serbian Bishop Saint Sava built a church and cell at Karyes, where he stayed for some years, becoming a Hieromonk, then an Archimandrite in 1201. He wrote the Karyes Typicon during his stay there, and a marble inscription of his work still exists.[2] In 1219 Sava becomes the first Archbishop of Serbia.[2]

In the year 1283, Latin Crusaders during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Michael Paleologos, attacked Mount Athos. They tortured and hanged the Protos, and sacked the Protaton, murdering many of the monks. These monks are commemorated as martyrs by the Orthodox Church on December 5 (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, December 5 falls on December 18 of the Gregorian Calendar).

Photos[]

  • The main street in Karyes

  • Κέντρο Υγείας στις Καρυές Αγίου Όρους - panoramio.jpg

  • Mt Athos administration building

  • The main church (Protaton)

  • The building of Holy Community (Iera Koinotita)

Sources[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Đuro Šurmin, Povjest književnosti hrvatske i srpske, 1808, p. 229

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