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Athos

1979 Site Surveillance Patrol Vessel

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Athos was a patrol vessel that was originally built for the French Navy. The pair of patrol vessels, Athos and Aramis, were sponsored by the commune of Auch in Gers until 2012. The commune of Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine in Creuse, has been the sponsor since 23 February 2013. Athos was transferred to the Maritime Gendarmerie at the beginning of 2016. The only French Navy vessel to be entirely made of beech wood, her hull was capable of withstanding M5 model 4 style torpedoes. History The two boats were ordered for the support of the Centre d'Essais des Landes (C.E.L.). They joined the star division of the Adour, created on 14 March 1980, date of the admission to active service of Athos. Service The two boats were installed at the Bayonne naval base. This division, dissolved in 1993, took the name of Site Surveillance Patroller (PSS) in 1995. Their main mission is the surveillance of the shooting range, the positioning of the targets and their recovery and the support to the divers of the Center of Test of Missile Launch (CELM). Their secondary mission consists of maritime surveillance of the Bay of Biscay for the fisheries police, assistance operations and pollution control. Athos joined the port of Cherbourg-Octeville in 2016. She supervises the Channel and the North Sea along with Aramis, while being assigned to the Maritime Gendarmerie.

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“Given all the ways – both explicit and subtle – in which hesychasm is profoundly embroidered into the fabric of contemporary monasticism at the Holy Mountain, it is thus justified to conclude that not only is hesychasm Athonite, but Athos too is fundamentally hesychast.”
— Dorobantu, Marius (2022). Hesychasm at the Holy Mountain: Athos is Hesychast and Hesychasm is Athonite. Routledge Handbook of Mount Athos. London: Routledge.
“To every prospective visitor to Athos, this is my advice. Take with you no more than a light knapsack, stout walking boots, and a staff. Travel on foot. Walk alone. You will have to endure the steepness of the way, the sharpness of the stones, the heat, sweat, and exhaustion. But you will also begin to understand the Psalmist’s words, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (Ps. 45 [46]: 10).”
— Kallistos Ware. Quoted in: Speake, Graham; Ware, Kallistos (2012). Mount Athos: Microcosm of the Christian East. Oxford: Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-0353-0233-2. (p. 181)

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Athos: fictional character in The Three Musketeers and its sequels · Album by Stephan Micus · male given name · mythical giant

Overview

Athos was a patrol vessel that was originally built for the French Navy. The pair of patrol vessels, Athos and Aramis, were sponsored by the commune of Auch in Gers until 2012. The commune of Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine in Creuse, has been the sponsor since 23 February 2013. Athos was transferred to the Maritime Gendarmerie at the beginning of 2016. The only French Navy vessel to be entirely made of beech wood, her hull was capable of withstanding M5 model 4 style torpedoes. History The two boats were ordered for the support of the Centre d'Essais des Landes (C.E.L.). They joined the star division of the Adour, created on 14 March 1980, date of the admission to active service of Athos. Service The two boats were installed at the Bayonne naval base. This division, dissolved in 1993, took the name of Site Surveillance Patroller (PSS) in 1995. Their main mission is the surveillance of the shooting range, the positioning of the targets and their recovery and the support to the divers of the Center of Test of Missile Launch (CELM). Their secondary mission consists of maritime surveillance of the Bay of Biscay for the fisheries police, assistance operations and pollution control. Athos joined the port of Cherbourg-Octeville in 2016. She supervises the Channel and the North Sea along with Aramis, while being assigned to the Maritime Gendarmerie.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Given all the ways – both explicit and subtle – in which hesychasm is profoundly embroidered into the fabric of contemporary monasticism at the Holy Mountain, it is thus justified to conclude that not only is hesychasm Athonite, but Athos too is fundamentally hesychast.”
— Dorobantu, Marius (2022). Hesychasm at the Holy Mountain: Athos is Hesychast and Hesychasm is Athonite. Routledge Handbook of Mount Athos. London: Routledge.
“To every prospective visitor to Athos, this is my advice. Take with you no more than a light knapsack, stout walking boots, and a staff. Travel on foot. Walk alone. You will have to endure the steepness of the way, the sharpness of the stones, the heat, sweat, and exhaustion. But you will also begin to understand the Psalmist’s words, ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (Ps. 45 [46]: 10).”
— Kallistos Ware. Quoted in: Speake, Graham; Ware, Kallistos (2012). Mount Athos: Microcosm of the Christian East. Oxford: Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-0353-0233-2. (p. 181)

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