All visitors to Mount Athos are by definition pilgrims. Whatever your reason for visiting them, the monks will welcome you as a pilgrim. Guiding pilgrims is one of the oldest activities of the Friends of Mount Athos. Just as the proskynetaria -- personal pilgrimage accounts written by pilgrims from the middle ages to early modern times -- guided the pilgrims of the past, so also the FoMA Guide provides today's pilgrims with advice and understanding based on the experience of fellow pilgrims. Unlike those venerable pilgrims' books, however, this Pilgrims' Guide is updated constantly.