Friends of Mount Athos

"FoMA" redirects here. For the mobile network in Japan, see FOMA.

Friends of Mount AthosFormation| 1990

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Type| Registered charity
Registration no.| 1047287
Location|

* Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

President

| Timothy Ware, Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia

The Friends of Mount Athos (FoMA) is a society formed in 1990 by people who shared a common interest for the monasteries of Mount Athos.[1] It is a registered charity in the United Kingdom (Registered Charity No. 1047287).

## People

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Timothy Ware, Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia, was the President of the society. Graham Speake, one of the founders, is the chairman of the society. Among its members are the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and King Charles III, of the United Kingdom, who is the royal patron of the society.[2]

## Footpath maintenance and mapping

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As a service to the monasteries and to pilgrims, the society clears and maintains the ancient footpaths of Mount Athos, with many of the stone-paved kalderimi paths dating back to the Byzantine era. It also provides on its website detailed footpath descriptions with GPS tracks, and a regularly updated report on the condition of the paths. FoMA member and cartographer, Peter Howorth of Christchurch, New Zealand, working with the society's footpath team, has recently published a new Pilgrim Map.[3]

## Publications

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Among the society's publications are its annual bulletin (Friends of Mount Athos Annual Report) offering articles, book reviews and other features related to Mount Athos. Past issues are available from the society's web site. It also publishes A Pilgrim's Guide to Mount Athos in both printed and continuously updated digital forms.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Speake, Graham (2020). The Friends of Mount Athos 1990-2020: A Very Short History. Friends of Mount Athos.
2. ^ "Prince visits 'monastic republic'". BBC. 12 May 2004.
3. ^ a b "The Mount Athos Pilgrim Map". The Friends of Mount Athos. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Announcement of the Pilgrim Map, with link to the cartographer's website.

## External links

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* The Friends of Mount Athos

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Mount Athos

Monasteries
(by precedence)|

* Great Lavra
* Vatopedi
* Iviron
* Hilandar
* Dionysiou
* Koutloumousiou
* Pantokratoros
* Xeropotamou
* Zograf
* Docheiariou
* Karakallou
* Philotheou
* Simonopetra
* Agiou Pavlou
* Stavronikita
* Xenophontos
* Osiou Gregoriou
* Esphigmenou
* St. Panteleimon
* Konstamonitou
* Amalfinon

Sketes|

* Agias Annas
* Agias Triados
* Timiou Prodromou
* Agiou Andrea
* Agiou Dimitriou [el]
* Timiou Prodromou Iviron [el]
* Agiou Panteleimonos
* Profiti Ilia
* New Skete (Theotokou)
* Lakkoskiti (Agiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou)
* Evangelismou tis Theotokou
* Bogoroditsa

Settlements|

* Karyes
* Dafni
* Vigla
* Agios Nilos
* Kerasia
* Saint Basil
* Kafsokalyvia
* Karoulia
* Katounakia
* Vouleftiria
* Little St. Anne's
* Provata
* Morfonou
* Mylopotamos
* Kapsala

Geography|

* Antiathonas
* Karmilio Oros
* Desert of Mount Athos

Relics and icons|

* Axion Estin
* Cincture of the Theotokos
* Panagia Portaitissa
* Trojeručica

Other topics|

* Diamonitirion
* Footpaths
* Postal stamps and history
* Protaton
* Protos
* Civil Administrator

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