What is "prodromos"

n. (context historical English) a skirmisher cavalry unit used in an Ancient Greek army for scouting ahead of the main force

The Romanian Skete Prodromos (, ) is a Romanian cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery, located in the eastern extremity (called Vigla) of the Eastern Orthodox Monastic State of the Holy Mountain Athos, between the Aegean Sea in the East and the peak of Athos rising 2033 m in the West, nearby the cave of Athanasios the Athonite. Its name, Prodromos, is the Greek for "The Forerunner", a cognomen of St. John the Baptist.

It is one of the two Romanian establishments on the Mountain, the other one being Lakkoskiti.

Spiritually, through its mother monastery, and like all the Athos peninsula, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Currently, 25 monks live there.

Prodromos (the Greek for "forerunner") may be:

• a title of John the Baptist
• Theodore Prodromos
• Prodromoi, a light cavalry unit in Ancient Greece
• Prodromos (Mount Athos), an Athonite skete
• Prodromos Kathiniotis, Greek singer
• Prodromos (village), a village in Cyprus
• Prodromus, a preliminary publication

Prodromos is a neighborhood in Larnaca, Cyprus.

One of its streets is named Prodromou Street.

Between the church ( Saint John the Baptist Prodromos Church Larnaca—in Greek, Agios Ioannis Prodromos) and the city walls of Kition, lies the necropolis of Kition, which is the most extensively investigated burial ground on the island of Cyprus. The necropolis extends from the Ayios Prodromos and the area of a different church called Ayios Ioannis " Pervolia" and " Mnimata" (Northern Necropolis) to Ayios Georghios Kontos and the Chrysosotiros church (Soteros quarter), (Western Necropolis).