{"id":14480,"date":"2017-06-06T22:09:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sviatogora.com\/?page_id=14480"},"modified":"2018-09-16T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T10:59:00","slug":"pilgrimage-st-athos-monastery-st-panteleimon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sviatogora.com\/en\/pilgrimage-st-athos-monastery-st-panteleimon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage to St. Athos. The Monastery of St. Panteleimon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pilgrimage to St. Athos. The Monastery of St. Panteleimon<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Russian monastery of St. Great Martyr Panteleimon is on the western coast of the Athos peninsula between Daphne’s dock and Xenophon monastery. The monastery is celibate a<\/span> feast day on July 27. Over the centuries, this monastery has a lot of Russian monks, because of which<\/span> it is often called simply «Russik».<\/span><\/p>\n

The monastery was founded in the times of Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles and his son Yaroslav, as mentioned in the History of the Russian State. It contains manuscripts of Russian tsars and the All-Russian Patriarch Job. The rules in the monastery are obided<\/span> by the terms<\/span> since olden days<\/span> established by the holy fathers for the common organization<\/span> brethren<\/span>: nothing to consider as their own, but to have everything in common.<\/span><\/p>\n

The monastery<\/span><\/span> crowned with typically Russian onions domes <\/span>and <\/span><\/span>gilded crosses. According to the decree of 1875, the services here are conducted in the Church Slavonic and Greek languages. Near the cathedral stands a huge,<\/span> building<\/span><\/span> of the refectory <\/span>decorated with frescoes<\/span><\/span> for <\/span>eight<\/span><\/span> hundreds <\/span><\/span> people. The richest library contains <\/span>20000<\/span><\/span> book <\/span>tomes<\/span><\/span> of Greek and Slavic printed editions. The monastery also owns a large number of small temples and chapels, many of which are dedicated to Russian saints. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the monastery are the relics of St. John the Baptist, the holy apostles Peter, Andrew, Matthew, Bartholomew, Thomas, Varnava<\/span>, as well as St. Luke, St. Stephen, St. Prokhor, St. Ambrose of Mediolan, St. Gregory Palamas and St. Silvanus, Modern era (1866 -1938).<\/p>\n

According to the style of architecture, the monastery differs from Greek monasteries with its magnificent buildings, which are crowned with pointed cooper covered<\/span> domes on their tall<\/span> spiers are seen a <\/span>majestic crosses. In these Athos buildings<\/span> the generosity<\/span> of the Russian soul shows<\/span>, which in search for<\/span> holy places reached<\/span> the coasts<\/span> of Holy Mountain.<\/p>\n

In St. Panteleimon monastery there is honest head of Great Martyr Panteleimon and many parts<\/span> of the relics of other <\/span>various saints. There are many evidences due<\/span> to a<\/span> visit of Athos, amazing changes happen<\/span> to the person — he is transformed spiritually, strengthened body and soul, and the circumstances of his life change for the better.<\/p>\n

PROGRAM FOR 5 DAYS:<\/b><\/p>\n

1<\/b>st<\/b><\/span>.<\/b> Thessaloniki — Ouranoupoli<\/p>\n

Arrival to the airport of Thessaloniki. Meeting at the airport «Macedonia». Group transfer to the Ouranoupoli. Accommodation in the hotel Ouranoupoli<\/span>.<\/p>\n

2<\/b>nd<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> Ouranoupoli — Holy Mount Athos<\/p>\n

Breakfast in the hotel. Receiving diamonitirion (permission to stay on Athos) in the pilgrim’s<\/span> office<\/span> of the Holy Mountain in Ouranoupoli. Buy tickets for the ferry. Departure by ferry to Holy Mountain at 9:45. Debarkment<\/span> from the ferry to the wharf<\/span> of the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery. Meeting with an archondaric monk responsible for pilgrims. Accommodation in the hostel of the monastery.<\/p>\n

3<\/b>rd<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> Athos<\/p>\n

Stay in St. Athos in a Russian monastery. During their stay in the Holy Mountain pilgrims live according to the charter of the monastery, attend church services. In the monastery meal — 2 times a day: morning and evening, during the fasting<\/span> — once. The opportunity to visit the monastery of Xenophon and venerating<\/span> the relics of St. George, St. Marina, St. Demetrius. It is in 20 minutes w<\/span>alk from the «Russian<\/span>«, as well as the monastery Dohiar with the icon «Gorgoepikoos<\/span>«.<\/p>\n

4<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day. <\/b>Athos — Ouranoupoli<\/p>\n

In the afternoon departure from the wharf<\/span> of the monastery to the port of Ouranoupoli. Hotel accommodation.<\/p>\n

5<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day<\/b>. Ouranoupoli — Thessaloniki<\/p>\n

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer from the hotel to the airport \u201c<\/span>Macedonia\u00bb. Departure.<\/p>\n

Cost of the tour per person:<\/p>\n

Group 3 — 5 people — 230 euro.<\/p>\n

Group 6 — 18 people — 180 euro.<\/p>\n

The cost of the tour includes:<\/p>\n

— group transfer airport — Ou<\/span>ranoupoli — airport<\/p>\n

— 2 nights accommodation in double\/triple<\/span> rooms<\/p>\n

— meals in the hotel — breakfast<\/p>\n

— a<\/span>ccommodation and meals on Athos<\/p>\n

— preliminary permission to visit Athos<\/p>\n

— medical insurance<\/p>\n

Diamonitirion (25 euro) and tickets for the ferry are paid on the spot.<\/p>\n

Memorable gifts to the pilgrims — rosary, pouch of frankincense, consecrated and venareted<\/span> to the relics of the monastery of Iveron (more than 180 relics of Orthodox saints) and to the gifts of the Magians<\/span> of the monastery of Saint<\/span> Paul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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