Mount Athos. A unique monument of nature
Day conference and photography exhibition
12 September 2025
On Friday 12 September 2025, at the Thessaloniki History Centre (Billis Building, Ippodromiou Square), the Mount Athos Center, in collaboration with the UK-based Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA), is organising two events devoted to the unique biodiversity and natural environment of Mount Athos.
12 September 2025
On Friday 12 September 2025, at the Thessaloniki History Centre (Billis Building, Ippodromiou Square), the Mount Athos Center, in collaboration with the UK-based Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA), is organising two events devoted to the unique biodiversity and natural environment of Mount Athos.
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
8th International Scientific Workshop
Friday 6th, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th 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 (8th) 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
‘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, 2025On 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.
