Kafsokalyvia
Kafsokalyvia
Καυσοκαλύβια | |
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Settlement | |
View of Kafsokalyvia | |
| Coordinates: 40°07′46″N 24°20′26″E / 40.12944°N 24.34056°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Mount Athos |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 25 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kafsokalyvia (Greek: Καυσοκαλύβια, lit. 'burning hut') is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on Mount Athos. It is located at the southern edge of the Athos peninsula. Kafsokalyvia is named after Maximos Kausokalybites ("Maximos the Hut Burner"), a 14th-century Christian hermit.
It is also known as the Holy Trinity Skete (Greek: Σκήτη Αγίας Τριάδος, romanized: Skiti Agias Triados).
There are 40 cells in Kafsokalyvia, not all of which are occupied. As of 2014, there were 35 monks living at Kafsokalyvia (Speake 2014). The population at the 2021 census was 25.
A regular ferry service connects the port of Kafsokalyvia with Dafni, the main port of Mount Athos.