A Pilgrim's Guide to Mount Athos

© 2008 The Friends of Mount Athos

Contents of the Guide

Here persons interested in the Holy Mountain will find an introduction to the Holy Mountain and information for planning a pilgrimage. All persons visiting the Holy Mountain, be they clergymen, scholars, botanists, geologists or interested laymen, are by definition pilgrims. In keeping with ancient tradition, access is restricted to men, as explained in the Guide.

The Pilgrim's Guide includes the following sections which may be viewed by clicking on the headings immediately below:

  1. Introduction (with map)
  2. Planning Your Visit
  3. Making Your Visit
  4. Athos Information
  5. Current Travel Advisories for Pilgrims
  6. A Note about the Forms and Spellings of Monastery Names

About the Friends of Mount Athos, go to:

Maintained for the Friends of Mount Athos by
Robert W. Allison
Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, Bates College
Lewiston, Maine 04240

Responses to the Friends of Mount Athos may be sent by e-mail to

Dr. Graham Speake, hon. secretary
Prof. Robert W. Allison, N. American Secretary
Responses may also be sent by post addressed to:
Dr. Graham Speake
Ironstone Farmhouse, Milton, Banbury
OX15 4HH England
(fax: 01295-722047; from the U.S.A.: 011-44-1295-722047)
or:

Robert W. Allison
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
Bates College
73-75 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, Maine, 04240 U.S.A.
(fax: 207-786-6401)

http://www.athosfriends.org/PilgrimsGuide/guide.html