For more than a thousand years, since the time of Saint Athanasiou, the grapes of the Mylopotamos vineyards at Mount Athos have produced multiply-blessed communion wine, as much blessed in its use in Holy Communion as in its ability to warm the soul.
In this miraculous and saintly place, many varieties thrive, albeit due to the hard labour of human hands. With such happy results, each fatigue is soon forgotten.
Saint Athanasios was sensitive to the special character of Mylopotamos and, apart from seeing to the vineyard’s construction, ensured that the monastery also became a place of comfort and restoration for the monks who sometimes suffered from their labours.
