Kapsala, Mount Athos

Settlement in Greece

Kapsala Καψάλα
Settlement
40°16′06″N 24°14′45″E / 40.2684063884°N 24.2459264775°E / 40.2684063884; 24.2459264775
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 in Mount Athos, Greece.^[1]

Geography

Kapsala is located between Pantokratoros and Stavronikita monasteries. It can be reached from the road that goes to Pantokrator from Karyes. Kapsala can be divided into upper Kapsala (administered by Pantokratoros Monastery), located by the central dividing ridge of the Athonite 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

Kapsala is inhabited by monks living an idiorrhythmic lifestyle in cells (kellia) and huts (kalyvae).^[2]

Notable people

Elder Tikhon (Golenkov) of Kapsala (20th century), the spiritual father of St. Paisios the Athonite
Elder Philaret of Kapsala (20th century)

References

^ "Καψάλα ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ, Δήμος ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ (Αυτοδιοίκητο)". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
^ ^a ^b Curnow, Trevor (2007). Pantokrator : an introduction to Orthodoxy. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-4438-0772-2. OCLC 828424952.