Kerasia

Kerasia is a settlement in . It is located at an elevation of 581 metres on the southwestern slopes of the main peak of Mount Athos. Located just to the east of Little St. Anne's Skete and Katounakia, it is inhabited by a few dozen monks.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 21 residents
  • Description: place in Mount Athos
  • Also known as: “Kerasia, Mount Athos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Agia Triada and Skiti Agia Anna.

Church
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafsokalyvia is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on . It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites, a 14th-century Christian hermit.

Church
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The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised in , . It lies on the shore of the about 800 metres from the New Skete.

Church
The Hermitage of Agios Vasileios, also sometimes referred to as the Skete of St. Basil, is an Orthodox skete on . The peak of Karmilio Oros lies directly to the northeast of the Skete of St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Nilos and Agiou Pavlou monastery.

Hamlet
is the name of an area of that belongs to the Monastery of . It is located on the southeastern side of Mount Athos. It is named after Saint Nilos the Myrrh-streamer, who was a hermit in the cell of the Virgin Mary that now bears his name. is situated 3 km east of Kerasia.

Locality
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is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of , located on the easternmost peninsula of , . is situated 4 km northwest of Kerasia.

Locality
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of in , at the southwest part of the Athos peninsula. The monastery ranks fifth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. is situated 5 km northwest of Kerasia.

Kerasia

Latitude
40.13402° or 40° 8′ 3″ north
Longitude
24.31798° or 24° 19′ 5″ east
Population
21
Open location code
8GG648M9+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3218832145
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Wiki­data ID
Q12879043
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In Other Languages

From Greek to Russian—“Kerasia” goes by many names.
  • Greek: “Κερασιά Αγίου Όρους”
  • Greek: “Κερασιά”
  • Irish: “Kerasia”
  • Romanian: “Kerasia”
  • Russian: “Керасья”

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Localities in the Area

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