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The Monastery
The Holy Patriarchal Stavropegion Monastery of Prophet Elias is located on the hill of the homonymous mountain, on an altitude of 567 m., 3 km away from the village Pyrgos of the municipality of Kalliste, on the southeastern part of the island of Santorini.
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Monastic Daily work ("Diakonimata")
All of the monks, apart from praying, they are called to give to the monastic community which they belong. Therefore, each one takes over a diakonima (daily work), as its called in the monastic dictionary, and has to accomplish it, since every work is necessary for the proper functioning in a monastery.
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The term "Aparchi"
The term "Aparchi" (in the beginning) has a deep history, and its usage is found in the long historic past, in the ancient Greek civilazation as much as the Israeli-old testamental era. From an etymological and interpretive point of view, the synthetics of the word "Aparchi" reveal its interpretation from the beginning: the absolute beginning, the starting point of a new thing.