Karyes
Karyes is a settlement in Mount Athos of the Athonite monastic community. The 2021 Greek census reported a population of 135 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in Mount Athos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 Skete of Saint Panteleimon.
Protaton
Church
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Protaton, 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 monastic community of Mount Athos.
Skete of Saint Panteleimon
Church
The Skete of Saint Panteleimon 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 Mount Athos, Greece.
Pantokratoros Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pantokratoros Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It stands on the north-eastern side of the Athos peninsula, and is dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord. Pantokratoros Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Karyes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skete of Saint Andrew and Koutloumousiou monastery.
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.
Koutloumousiou monastery
Locality
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Koutloumousiou Monastery or Koutloumousi is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It is connected with Karyes by the Koutloumousiou Bridge.
Karyes
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.25772° or 40° 15′ 28″ northLongitude
24.2449° or 24° 14′ 42″ eastPopulation
242Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)Open location code
8GG6765V+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 303638925OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
735972Wikidata 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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