Kapsala, Mount Athos

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Kapsala ({{langx|el|Καψάλα}}) is a settlement in Mount Athos, Greece.{{cite web|title=Καψάλα ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ, Δήμος ΑΓΙΟ ΟΡΟΣ (Αυτοδιοίκητο)|website=buk.gr|url=https://buk.gr/el/poli-perioxi/kapsala-1|language=el|access-date=2022-06-19}}

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.{{cite book|last=Curnow|first=Trevor|title=Pantokrator : an introduction to Orthodoxy|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Pub|publication-place=Newcastle, UK|date=2007|isbn=978-1-4438-0772-2|oclc=828424952|page=59}}

Demographics

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

Notable people

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

References

Category:Populated places in Mount Athos

Category:Pantokratoros Monastery

Category:Stavronikita Monastery