Karyes, Mount Athos

Karyes

Καρυές
Karyes Καρυές
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)
• Total	135
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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]

^ "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.

[census21-1] "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.

[2] 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)

[3] Howorth, Peter (2022). Mount Athos: The Holy Mountain. Filathonites. ISBN 978-0-473-41386-6.

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