His own application for smartphone acquired ...'Agios Oros! O user can "download" the application for free and have on his mobile phone information about the old (valid in the Athonian State) and the new calendar, with a simultaneous presentation of their holidays, the fasts that apply every day, the lives of all the saints, the detailed telephone directory of contact with Mount Athos, the holy festivals of all the holy sites and the psychologically beneficial advice from the wisdom of the Fathers.
Indeed, if one wants it, he can receive a daily alert on his cell phone, at the time he will set, for the celebration and the fast of the day.
The application was created by the company ASTAE, based in Thessaloniki, wanting to facilitate the 300.000 visitors that Mount Athos receives every year, but also the faithful in general. The information was kindly provided by the fathers of the Holy Monastery of Pantokrator of Mount Athos, provided it is available free of charge.
AST's CEO Giannis Theodorakis told ANA-MPA that the idea for the application arose when he and the executives of the company, who frequently visit the Athonite State, found that the place lacks information for the visitor, for example he does not know where to go to rent a car, or the phone of the Monastery who wants to visit.
The company's thinking is to provide application information in Slavic languages for foreign visitors to Mount Athos.
The app is available on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for device Android.
Source: Huffingtonpost