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Monastery Esfigmenou

Monastery-Esfigmenou

The monastery is inhabited be a large number of energetic monks who follow strictly the Athonite monastic tradition.

The monastery is built by the sea and surrounded by a rectangular wall which forms a rather spacious courtyard.

In the middle one sees the Katholicon and around, the wings with the monks’ cells, the guest-house and the refectory, which is a semi-detached building in the west wing, west of the Katholicon.

It was always a monastery in existence with this name in the 10th century and apparently flourishing during the byzantine period. It has been pillaged by pirates many times, but again considerable power after the 18th century.

The Katholicon was built in 1810 in the place of an older church that had been demolished, while the frescoes were made by the Galatista painters in 1811 and 1818. The monastery’s oldest building is the refectory with its frescoes of 16th-17th centuries.

Apart from the Katholicon and the refectory, the monastery possesses an excellent collection of Byzantine and post-byzantine icons, among which the most remarkable is the mosaic icon of Christ.

In the library one can see many rare manuscripts, among which the manuscript no 14 is set out for its remarkable decoration.

The monastery is inhabited be a large number of energetic monks who follow strictly the Athonite monastic tradition.

See also

Koutloumousiou-Monastery

Monastery Koutloumousiou

The original monastery was built before the 12th century but in the 14th centutry, abbot Chariton of Imvros, receeded to the enlargement of the monastery

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Monastery-Xenophontos

Monastery Xenofondos

It is built by the sea, between the monasteries of Docheiariou and St Panteleimonos, and is dedicated to St George.

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Monastery-Xeropotamou

Monastery Xiropotamou

The monastery is in the middle of the athonite peninsula, on the way from Daphne to Karyes and is dedicated to the 40 Martyrs.

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