Kapsala, Mount Athos
Kapsala
Καψάλα | |
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Settlement | |
  Kapsala | |
| Coordinates:40°16′06″N24°14′45″E/ 40.2684063884°N 24.2459264775°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Mount Athos |
| Elevation | 381 m (1,250 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
Kapsala(Greek:Καψάλα) is a settlement inMount Athos,Greece.[1]
Geography
[edit]Kapsala is located betweenPantokratorosandStavronikitamonasteries. It can be reached from the road that goes to Pantokrator fromKaryes.Kapsala can be divided into upper Kapsala (administered by Pantokratoros Monastery), located by the central dividing ridge of theAthonite peninsula,and lower Kapsala, located by the eastern coastline of the peninsula. The less inhabited parts of lower Kapsala are administered by Stavronikita monastery.[2]
Demographics
[edit]Kapsala is inhabited by monks living anidiorrhythmiclifestyle incells(kellia) and huts (kalyvae).[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Elder Tikhon (Golenkov) of Kapsala (20th century), the spiritual father of St.Paisios the Athonite
- Elder Philaret of Kapsala (20th century)
References
[edit]- ^"Καψάλα ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ, Δήμος ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ (Αυτοδιοίκητο)".buk.gr(in Greek).Retrieved2022-06-19.
- ^abCurnow, Trevor (2007).Pantokrator: an introduction to Orthodoxy.Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 59.ISBN978-1-4438-0772-2.OCLC828424952.
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