Mount Athos Center

Mount Athos. A unique monument of nature

The Mayor of Thessaloniki and President of the Board of the Mount Athos Center, Mr Stelios Angeloudis, together with the President of the Friends of Mount Athos (UK), Dr Graham Speake, cordially invite you to the event Mount Athos
A Unique Monument of Nature

FRIDAY 12.09.2025
Thessaloniki History Centre
Billis Building - Ippodromiou Square

17.00 - 21.00 Day Conference
21.00 Opening of the Photography Exhibition
Duration: 12 September - 3 October 2025

FREE ADMISSION

Proceedings of the One-Day Conference on ‘Compulsory Leases – Expropriations of the Athonite Metochia’ (in Greek)

Publication date: 2025, 464 pp., paperback, 24 x 17 cm., ISBN 978-618-87012-3-6, price: 15 euros

Exhibition of painting by Giorgos Taxidis ‘Mount Athos: Land of Silence’

24 June – 11 October 2025

On Tuesday 24 June 2025, at 8 p.m., the exhibition of painting entitled ‘Giorgos Taxidis. Mount Athos: Land of Silence’ will be officially opened in the exhibition space of the Mount Athos Center.

Conferral of honorary award on the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the Mount Athos Center

The Regional Association of Municipalities of Central Macedonia (PEDKM) has conferred a special honorary award on the Mount Athos Center to mark 25 years of its operation and its contribution to the spiritual and cultural life of Thessaloniki.

8th International Scientific Workshop

Friday 6^th, Saturday 7^th and Sunday 8^th December 2024

‘Stephanos Dragoumis’ Auditorium of the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki
Leoforos Stratou 2, Thessaloniki

Once again the Mount Athos Center is organising its annual International Scientific Workshop, which is now well established as one of the leading fora for scientists and scholars engaged in research on Mount Athos. This year’s workshop will be the eighth (8^th) and will be held on Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 December 2024 in the ‘Stephanos Dragoumis’ Auditorium of the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki.

Nikolaos Masteropoulos: The Road from Beauty to Spirituality

Edition: 2023; 336 pages; dimentions: 28 Χ 24 cm; ISBN: 978-618-87012-0-5; price: 50.00 euros.

‘Mount Athos and Meteora 1929: Princeton’s hidden treasure’ in Boston, USA

An exhibition of historical photographs

27 September 2024 – 31 January 2025

EXTENSION UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2025

On Friday 27 September the exhibition entitled ‘Mount Athos and Meteora 1929: Princeton’s hidden treasure’ was opened at the Maliotis Cultural Center in Boston, USA.

Mount Athos. A unique monument of nature

Proceedings of the One-Day Conference on ‘Compulsory Leases – Expropriations of the Athonite Metochia’ (in Greek)