Katounakia
Σκήτη Κατουνάκια | |
  Location within Mount Athos | |
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| Location | Mount Athos Greece |
| Coordinates | 40°7′22″N24°17′48″E/ 40.12278°N 24.29667°E |
| Public access | Men only |
Katounakia(Greek:Σκήτη Κατουνάκια) is anEastern Orthodoxsketeof thecommunity of Mount Athosthat is subordinate to theGreat Lavra.The skete is located betweenLittle Saint Anne's SketeandKaroulia.[1]The skete consists of 22 cells in which about 35 monks live. The cell of Danieleon, which employs some of the besticonpainters atMount Athos,is located in the skete.[2][3]
History
[edit]The name comes from the Greek wordκατούνα,meaning 'military camp' or a narrow, sheltered place. The settlement dates back to the beginning of the 18th century.
In 1881, St.Daniel Katounakiotisof Smyrna built his hut in Katounakia, which was the foundation for the present-day hermitage of the brotherhood of the Danielaeans.[4]Saint Daniel practiced the art of hagiography and handed it over to the brotherhood, which continues to practice it to this day.
In 1903, it consisted of 19 Greek cells. Today, it consists of 22 hesychast cells, the oldest of which, the Annunciation and the Assumption, were established in 1852.[5]
Katounakia's largest cell,Danieleon,belongs to a brotherhood of Athonite icon painters and psalters. The cell was founded by and named after the monkDaniel Katounakiotis.[2]
The skete's chapel is dedicated to the Athonite fathers.Daniel Katounakiotis,the monksIgnatius the Blind(d. 1927),Callinicos the Hesychast(d. 1930; also known as Kallinakos the Vigilant), andGerasimos Menaios(d. 1957) also lived in Katounakia during the 20th century.[5]ElderEphraim of Katounakia(d. 1998), who spent his entire life in strict asceticism in a cell at Katounakia, was canonized as a saint two decades after his death.[note 1]
Relics and pilgrimage sites
[edit]In Katounakia, the cells, skulls, and other relics ofhesychastascetics such asDaniel of KatounakiaandEphraim of Katounakiacan be visited by pilgrims.[7]
TheDaniilaioi Monastic Brotherhood(Ιερά Μοναστική Κοινότης Δανιηλαίων;orΙερά Ησυχαστήριον Δανιηλαίων[8]), originally founded by Daniel of Katounakia, has a building in Katounakia (40°07′32″N24°17′48″E/ 40.1255313°N 24.2967056°E).
Notable people
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^OnOctober 20, 2019,at the Protaton Church inKaryes on Mt. Athos,Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomewannounced the glorification of four great 20th-century Athonite elders would soon proceed, including:
- Daniel of Katounakia(†1929)
- Ieronymos of Simonopetra(†1957)
- Joseph the Hesychast(†1959), and
- Ephraim of Katounakia(†1998).[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Mount Athos: The Hesychasterion of Katounakia".www.macedonian-heritage.gr.
- ^ab"MOUNT ATHOS INFO, ΑΓΙΟΝ ΟΡΟΣ, BERG ATHOS, OURANOUPOLIS, ΟΥΡΑΝΟΥΠΟΛΗ".December 4, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 4 December 2013.
- ^"KATOUNAKIA - Mount Athos Infos Halkidiki Greece".
- ^"Γέρων Δανιήλ Κατουνακιώτης (1846-1929): 80 χρόνια από την οσιακή κοίμησή του [με πλούσιο φωτογραφικό υλικό] (μέρος 2ο) | Διακόνημα".July 2, 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 2 July 2019.
- ^ab"Катунакия".www.isihazm.ru.
- ^Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Three Other 20th-Century Athonite Elders Canonized.Orthodox Christianity. Mt. Athos, October 21, 2019.
- ^"The region of Katunakia with the holy relics (skulls) of Saints Ephraim and Daniel of Katunakia and their cells".The Ascetic Experience.2019-12-05.Retrieved2022-06-10.
- ^"Node: Ι. Ησυχαστήριον Δανιηλαίων (5200524973)".OpenStreetMap.2019-06-21.Retrieved2022-08-28.
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