Karyes

Karyes is a settlement in of the . The 2021 Greek census reported a population of 135 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in Mount Athos.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 242 residents
  • Description: village on Mount Athos, Greece
  • Also known as: “Kariaí”, “Karyaes”, “Karyes, Mount Athos”, and “Καρυαί”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Protaton and Iviron monastery.

Church
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The , also known as the Dormition of the Theotokos Church, is the main church of Karyes, Mount Athos. It also serves as the ecclesiastical seat of the Protos, or the primate of the .

Monastery
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The Monastery of Iviron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the in northern . The monastery was founded by two Georgian monks, John the Iberian and John Tornike, between AD 980–983. is situated 3½ km east of Karyes.

Church
The or Skete of Agiou Panteleimonos, not to be confused with the monastery of the same name, some kilometres away, is a skete of the Koutloumousiou monastery in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skete of Saint Andrew and Koutloumousiou monastery.

Hamlet
Photo: Саша Шљукић, CC BY 3.0.
The , also the Skete of Apostle Andrew and Great Anthony or Skiti Agiou Andrea in Karyes is a monastic institution on . It is a dependency of Vatopedi Monastery and is the site of the Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy.

Locality
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The or Koutloumousi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of in . It is connected with Karyes by the Koutloumousiou Bridge.

Locality
is a settlement in , .

Karyes

Latitude
40.25772° or 40° 15′ 28″ north
Longitude
24.2449° or 24° 14′ 42″ east
Population
242
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
Open location code
8GG6765V+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303638925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
735972
Wiki­data ID
Q632870
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Karyes” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Karyes”
  • Arabic: “كاريس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kare (Afon)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kare”
  • Basque: “Karyes”
  • Bulgarian: “Карея”
  • Catalan: “Kariés”
  • Catalan: “Karyes”
  • Cebuano: “Karyes (kapital sa rehiyon sa Gresya)”
  • Cebuano: “Karyes”
  • Chinese: “卡里埃”
  • Croatian: “Kareja”
  • Czech: “Karyés”
  • Dutch: “Karyes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاريس”
  • Finnish: “Karyés”
  • French: “Karyès”
  • Georgian: “კარიესი”
  • German: “Karyes”
  • Greek: “Καρυές Αγίου Όρους”
  • Greek: “Καρυές”
  • Hungarian: “Kariész”
  • Italian: “Karyes”
  • Japanese: “カリエス (アトス山)”
  • Javanese: “Karyes”
  • Korean: “카리에스”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karyés”
  • Norwegian: “Karyés”
  • Polish: “Karies”
  • Portuguese: “Cariés”
  • Portuguese: “Karyes”
  • Romanian: “Kareia, Muntele Athos”
  • Romanian: “Kareia”
  • Russian: “Карье”
  • Serbian: “Kareja”
  • Serbian: “Кареја”
  • Slovenian: “Karies, Atos”
  • Slovenian: “Karies”
  • Spanish: “Karyes”
  • Spanish: “Karyés”
  • Swedish: “Karyes, Athos”
  • Swedish: “Karyes”
  • Thai: “การ์เยส (แอทอส)”
  • Thai: “การ์เยส”
  • Turkish: “Kariye”
  • Turkish: “Karyes”
  • Ukrainian: “Каріес”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Karyes, Bukid Athos”

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