Karmilio Oros ( el, Καρμήλιο Όρος or ; also known as Prophet Elijah or Profitis Ilias (Προφήτης Ηλίας) on some maps) is a peak at the southern end of the

Athos peninsula Mount Athos (; el, Ἄθως, ) is a mountain in the distal part of the eponymous Athos peninsula and site of an important centre of Eastern Orthodox monasticism in northeastern Greece. The mountain along with the respective part of the peni ...

. Its summit is 887 metres above sea level. It is named after

Mount Carmel Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/ Elijah), is a ...

The peak can be reached via

footpaths A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...

from the Hermitage of Saint Basil. The peak lies directly to the northeast of the

Skete of St. Basil The Hermitage of Agios Vasileios ( el, Ησυχαστήριο Άγιος Βασίλειος), also sometimes referred to as the Skete of St. Basil ( el, Σκήτη Αγίου Βασιλείου), is an Orthodox skete on Mount Athos. The peak of ...

. The Holy Chapel of the Holy Glorious Prophet Elijah (Ιερόν Παρεκκλήσιον Αγίου ενδόξου Προφήτου Ηλιού; ) and some radio towers sit on top of the peak. A

footpath A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...

connects the skete to the peak, as well as with the Stavros junction, where there are footpaths that lead to the

Skete of St. Anne The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic ( hermitage-style) skete, a monastic community attached to the more formalised Great Lavra Monastery in Mount Athos, Greece. It lies on the shore of the Aegean Sea about 800 metres from the N ...

, Kerasia, and

Great Lavra The Monastery of Great Lavra ( el, Μονή Μεγίστης Λαύρας) is the first monastery built on Mount Athos. It is located on the southeastern foot of the Mount at an elevation of . The founding of the monastery in AD 963 by Athanasi ...

.Thomas, Chris and Howorth, Peter (2022). ''Encounters on the Holy Mountain.'' .

References

Mount Athos Landforms of Chalkidiki Mountains of Central Macedonia Mountains associated with Byzantine monasticism Mountains associated with Christian monasticism {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub