Tuesday, February 9, 2010

ANGLO-AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN CAIRO

ANGLO-AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN CAIRO

3 Hadiqet El Zohreya St.
Zamalek, Cairo
Tel:
02-27356162, 02-27356165,
02-27356163

LUXOR TRAVELOGUE : FROM AN EGYPTIAN VIEWPOINT

CAIRO EGYPT NEWSPAPERS IN ENGLISH

VISITING MOUNT ATHOS...GUYS ONLY...

  • 100 Greek nationals expatriate Greeks or Orthodox Christian foreigners and 10 heterodox foreigners are allowed to enter the Holy Mountain daily.
  • For entry permits contact the Office of Pilgrims to Mount Athos, in Thessalonica: 172 Neas Egnatias St., tel. 861.611 (permits for foreigners), 833.733 (permits for Greeks), fax: 861.811.
  • According to the abaton, which has always applied, the entry of women is prohibited.
  • The visitor is admitted after showing the diamonitirion (residence permit), which he collects from the pilgrims' bureau of the Hiera Epistasia (Holy Superintendan-cy) in Ouranoupolis. This entitles him to hospitality for four days.