The monastery complex

15.12.2020

Restoration works at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi (1997 – 2000)

The Holy Monastery of Vatopedi is a huge building complex with a built-up area of ​​35.000 square meters, while the Sketes and...

24.10.2020

The Tower of Transfiguration

The architect Plutarchos Theocharides speaks about the Tower of the Transfiguration. The tower is originally a 12th century construction, perhaps...

10.10.2020

The building design and the restoration and renovation works of the Monastery

Professor Petros Koufopoulos and Assoc. Professor Stavros Mamaloukos refer to the building study and the restoration works and...

20.05.2015

The wine cellar (wine cellar)

The vagenareion (wine cellar) is located in the northwest corner of the enclosure. It is possibly the "wine cellar", which the "Patria" attribute...

14.05.2011

The chapel of Saint Apostle Thomas

The chapel of Saint Apostle Thomas is located in the southeast wing of the Monastery. It belongs to the type of the contracted cruciform inscribed...

14.05.2011

The chapel of Saint Apostle Andrew

The chapel of Saint Apostle Andrew is located in the north wing of the Monastery, directly above the chapel of Saint...

14.05.2011

The chapel of Saint Panteleimon

The chapel of Saint Panteleimon is located on the southeastern edge of the Monastery, in the middle of the central wing of the hospital. According to...

14.05.2011

The chapels of Saint Minas and Saint Theodore

The adjacent chapels of Agios Minas and Agios Theodoros are located in the southwest wing. They were built, together with the building...