♯ EnvironmentGreen energy

From the first years of the Monastery’s construction in a particularly beautiful environment, great emphasis was placed by the monks on environmental protection, with the development of tree-planted forests and fruit trees both in the area of the Monastery and in the surrounding area.

The primary concern was also the application of methods and know-how that would lead to a zero pollutant footprint on the environment and complete energy self-sufficiency for the operation of all facilities.

The methods gradually implemented for clean energy over several decades (1980-2022) included the use of biomass for heating buildings with olive kernel as fuel. The use of biological treatment for the fish farm. The operation of hybrid systems with LPG, a small wind and initially a small photovoltaic system, to support the kitchens and emergency lighting, and recycling.

Today, the Monastery, the missionary conference center, the dormitories, the camps, and the holy churches, the radio station, etc., are energetically supported by two modern net metering and virtual net metering photovoltaic systems and cover all the required electricity, which is delivered clean of pollutants to the national power grid.

The goal now is the future use of electric cars, so that in this way the use of liquid fuels and thus any environmental burden from the produced exhaust gases will be eliminated.

♯ EnvironmentGreen energy

From the first years of the Monastery’s construction in a particularly beautiful environment, great emphasis was placed by the monks on environmental protection, with the development of tree-planted forests and fruit trees both in the area of the Monastery and in the surrounding area.

The primary concern was also the application of methods and know-how that would lead to a zero pollutant footprint on the environment and complete energy self-sufficiency for the operation of all facilities.

The methods gradually implemented for clean energy over several decades (1980-2022) included the use of biomass for heating buildings with olive kernel as fuel. The use of biological treatment for the fish farm. The operation of hybrid systems with LPG, a small wind and initially a small photovoltaic system, to support the kitchens and emergency lighting, and recycling.

Today, the Monastery, the missionary conference center, the dormitories, the camps, and the holy churches, the radio station, etc., are energetically supported by two modern net metering and virtual net metering photovoltaic systems and cover all the required electricity, which is delivered clean of pollutants to the national power grid.

The goal now is the future use of electric cars, so that in this way the use of liquid fuels and thus any environmental burden from the produced exhaust gases will be eliminated.