The Holy Hermitage of Agios Andreas, known as Serai ("this is Paradise" in the Russian language) is located 500 meters from Karyes and belongs to the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi. It is called Skete because according to the regulations of Mount Athos no new Monasteries are founded. It is said that in
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(tel. 23770 23643, 23770 23248) Third among the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos, the Iberon Monastery was built at the end of the 10th century. by the Georgian (Iberian) monks Ioannis and Euthymios in the place where the Monastery of Clement used to exist. Like other monasteries, it flourished in
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Karyes has been the capital of Mount Athos, at least since the 10th century. Before, it was a location near the canal of Xerxes. This is confirmed by a seal of the emperor Leo VI the Wise, where he called that place Palaia. Its old name was Mesi, due to the fact that it is located in the middle of
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