Prodrom Shrine - details and images
Prodromul Shrine is a Romanian settlement on Mount Athos. The Prodromul Shrine (ie the Forerunner) was founded between 1852-1866 by Hieronymus Nifon Ionescu and his apprentice, Hieronymite Nectarie. It is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and is in the territory of Lavra Monastery.
Those who contributed the most to the erection of the sketch were: the ruler of Moldova Grigorie Ghica, the caimacan of Muntenia Alexandru Ghica, Sofronie the Metropolitan of Moldova and Nifon the Metropolitan of Muntenia but the help of many believers from Romania was not lacking.
Prodromu is at the eastern end of the Athos peninsula, called Vigla, in a desert land, stony and haunted by storms. The place is wild, with wonderful natural beauty, favorable to the church and the high contemplation of the church and in the eastern part of the hermitage lies the Aegean Sea.
Roman monks have been here since the 4th century. In the second half of the eighth century there were needed in the caves here about ten sheikhs from the Romanian Countries, who built a few huts and a small stone church dedicated to the cutting of the head of Saint John the Baptist.
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