Jovanjica, the port of the Serbian monastry Hilandar on Mount Athos, 2024
(40° 17′ 21″ N, 24° 07′ 13″ E)
Fig.1. Jovanjica is the port of the Serbian monastery Hilandar (Хиландар) on the coast of the Mount Athos Gulf (Singitikos Bay). The arrow in the photo shows the place chosen for the sundial.Fig. 2. A selected section of the wall is prepared for the installation of the sundial on October 5, 2024.Fig. 3. All elements of the sundial are made of stainless steel. They were installed on October 7 by prof. Dr. Nenad Živković. As the photo shows, he was satisfied with the work done.Fig. 4. Sundial in Jovanjica, view from the west. In the background, on the right, you can see Mount Athos (2033 m).Fig. 5. In Jovanjica, a large number of pilgrims who come to Hilandar disembark from the ferry every day. They cannot pass without seeing a sundial that will remind them that they have entered a monastic land where different rules apply than those they are used to in the noisy and busy world they come from.
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The sundial was installed during the stay of a team of geographers from Belgrade preparing the monograph “Geography of Hilandar”. Below are some photos taken during fieldwork in the territory of Hilandar, which occupies about one quarter of the area of Mount Athos.
