Skiti Agiou Dimitriou

Skiti Agiou Dimitriou is a locality in Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia and has about 121 residents. Skiti Agiou Dimitriou is situated nearby to the locality Σκήτη Κοιμήσεως Θεοτόκου Βογορόδιτσα ή Ξυλουργού, as well as near Χέρα.

Type: Locality with 121 residents
Denomination: Greek Orthodox
Description: Greek Orthodox skete at Mount Athos
Also known as: “Skete of Saint Demetrios”, “Skíti Ayíou Dhimitríou”, “St. Dimitrios Skete”, “Vatopedhiní”, and “Σκήτη Αγ. Δημητρίου Βατοπεδίου”
Address: Άγιο Όρος

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vatopedi monastery and Bogoroditsa Skete.

Vatopedi monastery

Monastery

Photo: Asgozzi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos, Greece. The monastery was expanded several times during its history, particularly during the Byzantine period and in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Bogoroditsa Skete

Church

Bogoroditsa is a skete of the Agiou Panteleimonos monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos, Greece. It is inhabited by Bulgarian monks and it follows the coenobitic way of monastic life.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skete of Prophet Elijah and Kapsala.

Skete of Prophet Elijah

Locality

Photo: Misa.stefanovic.07, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Skete of Prophet Elijah is a cenobitic skete of Pantokratoros monastery in Mount Athos, Greece. It was founded in 1759 by Paisius Velichkovsky, a Ukrainian monk from Poltava. Skete of Prophet Elijah is situated 3½ km southeast of Skiti Agiou Dimitriou.

Kapsala

Locality

Kapsala is a settlement in Mount Athos, Greece. Kapsala is situated 4½ km southeast of Skiti Agiou Dimitriou.

Skete of Saint Andrew

Hamlet

Photo: Саша Шљукић, CC BY 3.0.

The Skete of Saint Andrew, also the Skete of Apostle Andrew and Great Anthony or Skiti Agiou Andrea in Karyes is a monastic institution on Mount Athos. It is a dependency of Vatopedi Monastery and is the site of the Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy. Skete of Saint Andrew is situated 5 km southeast of Skiti Agiou Dimitriou.

Skiti Agiou Dimitriou

Category: church
Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

40.30266° or 40° 18′ 10″ north

Longitude

24.2198° or 24° 13′ 11″ east

Population

121

Elevation

128 metres (420 feet)

Open location code

8GG68639+3W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1308839348

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=greek_orthodox

GeoNames ID

734229

Wikidata ID

Q15262883

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Skiti Agiou Dimitriou” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “„Свети Димитър“”
Bulgarian: “Свети Димитър”
Finnish: “Pyhän Demetrioksen skiitta”
Greek: “Skíti Agíou Dimitríou”
Greek: “Σκήτη Αγ. Δημητρίου”
Greek: “Σκήτη Αγίου Δημητρίου Βατοπεδίου”
Greek: “Σκήτη Αγίου Δημητρίου”
Romanian: “Schitul Sf. Dimitrie”
Serbian: “Скит Светог Димитрија”

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