Mount Athos Summit Cross
Mount Athos Summit Cross is a cross in Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia. Mount Athos Summit Cross is situated nearby to the church Μεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος, as well as near Panagia’s chapel on Mt. Athos‘ peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skiti Agia Anna and Agia Triada.
Skiti Agia Anna
Church
Photo: Gvasiliadis53, CC0.
The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised Great Lavra in Mount Athos, Greece. It lies on the shore of the Aegean Sea about 800 metres from the New Skete. Skiti Agia Anna is situated 3½ km southwest of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Agia Triada
Church
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafsokalyvia is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on Mount Athos. It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites, a 14th-century Christian hermit. Agia Triada is situated 3½ km south of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Hermitage of Saint Basil
Church
The Hermitage of Agios Vasileios, also sometimes referred to as the Skete of St. Basil, is an Orthodox skete on Mount Athos. The peak of Karmilio Oros lies directly to the northeast of the Skete of St. Hermitage of Saint Basil is situated 4 km southwest of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerasia and Agiou Pavlou monastery.
Kerasia
Hamlet
Photo: Florificapis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kerasia is a settlement in Mount Athos. 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. Kerasia is situated 3 km south of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Agiou Pavlou monastery
Locality
Photo: Andreas Pettas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agiou Pavlou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos, located on the easternmost peninsula of Chalkidiki, Greece. Agiou Pavlou monastery is situated 3 km west of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Agios Nilos
Hamlet
Agios Nilos is the name of an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra. 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. Agios Nilos is situated 3½ km southeast of Mount Athos Summit Cross.
Mount Athos Summit Cross
- Type: Cross
- Location: Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.15843° or 40° 9′ 30″ northLongitude
24.32698° or 24° 19′ 37″ eastInception
1897Open location code
8GG6585G+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 7407482685OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=cross
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Μεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος and Panagia’s chapel on Mt. Athos‘ peak.
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