Application of Diamonitirio

Diamonitirio Mount Athos - Agion Oros Diamonitirio Version

1) Decide when you want to visit Mount Athos (Month and day).

2) The best about 5 to 6 months before your visit, you should log on to the Pilgrim Office in Thessaloniki.

Holy Executive of the Holy Mount Athos Pilgrims' Bureau Egnatia 109, TK 54 635, Greece Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 14.00 clock, Saturday 10 h to 12 h (English is possible) Tel: 0030 2310 252 578, Fax: 0030 2310 222 424

You will be notified immediately if your entry will be possible in the days, and the required approval for it to get you.

Space is still free, you will require the following: a copy of your passport (the page with the picture and personal information) by mail address to send or fax to above.

After a while, you should then receive confirmation letter from the Office of the Athos, where the next steps will be explained. It is important that you are about 2 weeks before departure times log on, and reconfirm the visit, and in any case, decision to say, unless you can come.

There are day only about 120 visitors to the mountain left for each, 10 of them are from abroad. The whole procedure is somewhat complicated, but this path to take.

On the day of your arrival, you will get your Diamonitirion by Pilgram office in Ouranoupolis. It is located at the entrance next to the municipal parking lot and 30 meters from our pension. It opens at 07.15 o clock and the Diamonitirion costs 25 €.

It is important to have the Diamonitirion always with you , because you need it in the monasteries, which show you want to visit, because otherwise, hospitality is not granted.

3) Which monastery do you want to visit ? Some convents ask for a telephone reservation, others have a fax. If you have communication problems, I can help you further.

The maximum stay in the Holy Mount Athos are 4 days.

Monastery Ag.Pavlou Tel: 23770 23741 FAX: 23770 23355  
Monastery Ag.Dionysiou Tel: 23770 23687

FAX: 23770 23686

 
Monastery Docheiariou Tel: 23770 23245 FAX: 23770 23271  
Esphigmenou Monastery

Tel: 23770 23796

   
Monastery Philotheou Tel: 23770 23256

FAX: 23770 23674

 
Holy Chilandar Tel: 23770 23797 FAX: 23770 23108  
Monastery Iberians Tel: 23770 23643 FAX: 23770 23248 12:00 to 14:00
Monastery Karakallou Tel: 23770 23225 FAX: 23770 23746 12:00 to 14:00
Monastery Konstamonitou Tel: 23770 23228    
Monastery Koutloumousiou

Tel: 23770 23226

FAX: 23770 23731

12:00 to 14:30

Holy Monastery of Great Lavra

Tel: 23770 23754 FAX: 23770 23762  
Monastery Ag.Grigoriou Tel: 23770 23668 FAX: 23770 23671

11:00 to 13:00

Monastery Ag.Panteleimonos Tel: 23770 23252   11:00 to 12:00
Monastery of Pantocrator

Tel: 23770 23880

FAX: 23770 23685

 
Monastery Simonos     Petras Tel: 23770 23254 FAX: 23750 94098 13:00 to 15:00
Monastery Stavronikita

Tel: 23770 23255

  13:00 to 15:00

Vatopedi Monastery

Tel: 23770 41488 FAX: 23770 41462 10:00 to 16:00
Holy Monastery of Xenophontos Tel: 23770 23633 FAX: 23770 23631 12:00 to 13:00
Monastery   Xiropotamou Tel: 23770 2325 FAX: 23770 23733 13:00 to 15:00

Monastery of Zografou

Tel: 23770 23247