Holy Monasteries Archives - Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi

01.11.2019

Name There is disagreement about the etymology of the name of the monastery of Esphigmenou. The first version accepts that the name is due to...

31.10.2019

Holy Monastery of Philotheos

The Monastery was first mentioned in a document from 1013, when it was called "Monastery of the Bird". Two years later it is mentioned with...

11.05.2011

The Athoniada School

From the beginning of the 18th century, the need for a school on Mount Athos had begun to be felt...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Saint Paul

It was founded a few years before 980 and was called the Monastery of Saint Paul or Xeropotamos. Its founder seems to have been...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Simon Petras

It was founded around 1257 by the ascetic Saint Simon, on the inaccessible "Simon's Rock". It was renovated around 1368...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Karakallos

Location The Karakallou Monastery is located approximately in the middle of the eastern side, on a prominent location, approximately 200 meters from...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Docheiariou

It was founded in the early 11th century (before 1013) in the area of present-day Daphne, honored in the name of the saint...

05.05.2011

Holy Monastery of Zografou

It was founded shortly before 980, apparently by a hagiographer named George. Since the Byzantine years it has already begun to be created...