Karyes (Greek: Καρυές) 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.
Karyes
Καρυές | |
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Settlement | |
 The main street in Karyes | |
  Karyes | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′26″N 24°14′45″E / 40.25722°N 24.24583°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region |  Monastic community of Mount Athos |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 135 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The major church at Karyes is the Protaton, which is the church of the Protos, or president of the monastic community. The famed Axion Estin icon is kept at the Protaton. Each of the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos also has a konaki, or representative's residence, at Karyes.[2]
Koutloumousiou Monastery is located just a few hundred meters to the south of the town center of Karyes.[3]
History
editSerbian Bishop Saint Sava built a church and cell at Karyes, where he stayed for some years, becoming a Hieromonk, then an Archimandrite in 1201. He wrote the Karyes Typicon during his stay there, and a marble inscription of his work still exists.[4] In 1219 Sava becomes the first Archbishop of Serbia.[4]
In the year 1283, Latin Crusaders during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Michael Paleologos, attacked Mount Athos. They tortured and hanged the Protos, and sacked the Protaton, murdering many of the monks. These monks are commemorated as martyrs by the Eastern Orthodox Church on 5 December (for those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, 5 December falls on 18 December of the Gregorian Calendar).
Geography
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Karyes, Greece | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10 (50) |
11 (52) |
13 (55) |
17 (63) |
21 (70) |
26 (79) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
25 (77) |
20 (68) |
16 (61) |
12 (54) |
19 (66) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6 (43) |
7 (45) |
9 (48) |
11 (52) |
16 (61) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
20 (68) |
16 (61) |
12 (54) |
8 (46) |
14 (58) |
| Source: "Karyes Monthly Climate Average, Greece". World Weather Online. Retrieved 29 June 2024. | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Mt Athos administration building
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The main church (Protaton)
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Closer view of the main church
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The building of the monastic Community (Iera Koinotita)
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Α cobbled street
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Α stone tower
References
edit- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Speake, Graham (2014). Mount Athos: renewal in paradise. Limni, Evia, Greece. ISBN 978-960-7120-34-2. OCLC 903320491.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Howorth, Peter (2022). Mount Athos: The Holy Mountain. Filathonites. ISBN 978-0-473-41386-6.
- ^ a b Đuro Šurmin, Povjest književnosti hrvatske i srpske, 1808, p. 229