Karyes (Greek: Καρυές) is a settlement in Mount Athos of the Athonite monastic community.

[2] Koutloumousiou Monastery is located just a few hundred meters to the south of the town center of Karyes.

[3] Serbian Bishop Saint Sava built a church and cell at Karyes, where he stayed for some years, becoming a hieromonk, then an archimandrite in 1201.

[4] In the year 1283, Latin Crusaders during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Michael Paleologos, attacked Mount Athos.

[dubious – discuss] They tortured and hanged the Protos, and sacked the Protaton, murdering many of the monks.