Greek connections

[RowenaH]

Hello! I walked the Portuguese this year and had the most amazing walking and spiritual journey. I have become fascinated with the topic of Pilgrimage and bought lots of books which I am devouring. But I live in Greece (which the via Egnatia passes through!) but I would love to connect with any people or associations in Greece. I am new to the religious aspect so untangling what Greek orthodox thought of Pilgrimage. If anyone wants to connect please get in touch.

 

[hevskop]

Hello! I walked the Portuguese this year and had the most amazing walking and spiritual journey. I have become fascinated with the topic of Pilgrimage and bought lots of books which I am devouring. But I live in Greece (which the via Egnatia passes through!) but I would love to connect with any people or associations in Greece. I am new to the religious aspect so untangling what Greek orthodox thought of Pilgrimage. If anyone wants to connect please get in touch.

Having completed two Caminos, I can say very few Greeks have passed through. I guide a walking group on Skopelos where I have lived for 40 years and all my local guys now know about it and really want to go. The tickets from Athens though are not direct or well priced.

 

[peregrina2000]

Hi,Rowena, welcome to the forum. I know that there is a forum member living in Athens who participates regularly on the Tuesday zooms.

Here is the link to the upcoming one.

 

[RowenaH]

Hi,Rowena, welcome to the forum. I know that there is a forum member living in Athens who participates regularly on the Tuesday zooms.

Here is the link to the upcoming one.

Thank you so much! I hadn't thought about the Zooms.

 

[RowenaH]

Having completed two Caminos, I can say very few Greeks have passed through. I guide a walking group on Skopelos where I have lived for 40 years and all my local guys now know about it and really want to go. The tickets from Athens though are not direct or well priced.

Yassas - nice to meet you! Are you in Skopelos all year round? I will check it out for hiking. Have you walked any of the Egnatia through Greece? What Camino routes did you do?

 

[Lexicos]

Ya sou patrioti. I’ve done a few camino hikes in France, Spain and Portugal. I did hear about a monk who did pilgrimages in Greece and lived in hollow tree trunks along the way. One of these trees is preserved in his honour. Unfortunately I can’t remember the monks name. The nearest thing we have to the camino in Greece is Mount Athos. I’m sure you know about that one. You can hike from one monastery to another, short hikes of course and overall not as long. But it’s spectacularly beautiful. Men only, of course. I have met very few pilgrims from Greece on any of the Camino’s. Two, to be precise, a young couple from Athens, last year, on the Frances. Otherwise, I’ve often been told I am the first and only pilgrim of Greek origin to stay at such and such a hostel. Odd but true, that’s what I’ve been told.

Found it, here it is: https://greekcitytimes.com/2017/06/...small-church-honouring-monk-from-mount-athos/